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Title
A weaver at work, Utengule, Tanzania, 1913
Creator
Sörensen, Rasmus Boysen, 1884-1924
Date Created and/or Issued
1913
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
"Utengule, Safuaweber." ("Utengule, Safwa weaver."). In the background trees and on the left the edge of a house. In the foreground a weaver with a loom anchored in the ground: the weaver crouches on the woven material while he is weaving.
Rasmus Boysen Sörensen (1884-1924) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Utengule from 1912 to May 1916. In 1912 he married Mette Catharine Frisk, née Bork (1882-1924).
Type
image
Format
color slide no. 7719
photographic prints, 11.0 x 8.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8658 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07719
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8658
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07719.jpg
Subject
Craft workers
Men
Textiles
Weaving
Portraits
Time Period
1913
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Utengule
Relation
Ein Weber am traditionellen Safwa-Webstuhl mit fixiertem Litzenstab. Mittels des Ringes wird das Fach zurückgebildet. Missionsstation Utengule, 1913." ("A weaver at the traditional Safwa weaving loom with fixed heddle bar. With the ring the warp is
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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