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Title
Women carry charcoal for the furnace, Nyasa, Tanzania
Creator
Unknown
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Moravian Archives
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Arbeitende Frauen bei einem Hochofen in Nika." ("Working women near a furnace in Nika."). Women of the Nika ethnic group carry charcoal for a furnace. They carry it in baskets on their heads. The furnace is to be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
photographic print, 11.1 x 14.9cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m5507 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-00745
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5507
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-00745.jpg
Subject
Labour
Manual workers
Women
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 1
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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