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Title
Celebration at the mission station in Aira, Ethiopia
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
To the right on the veranda of a thatched house a group of people, among them three Germans and two children. To the left a thatched round hut, in front of it a group of Ethiopians. Most of the men are holding spears, the women have the back of their head shaved and are wearing broad white headbands.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 11.9 x 8.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m59682 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-ELM-AE-541.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59682
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-541.jpg
Subject
Festivals
Indigenous peoples
Weapons
General views
Place
Africa
Ethiopia
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833
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