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Title
Man showing the underneath of a xylophone, South Africa
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
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archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
"Klavier von unten" ("Bottom view of a piano"). Photograph of an African man holding the frame of a xylophone with resonators at the bottom. To his right is a dancer wearing a cloth wrapped around his hips and a fur cap. Behind them a group of African men is standing. To the left are three European men wearing suits and hats.
Cf. pictures nos. HMIT V 5, 6, 8.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 7.8 x 5.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-m67771 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HMIT-V-007.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m67771
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HMIT-V-007.jpg
Subject
General views
Musical instruments
Music
Musicians
Dancers
Men
Place
Africa
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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