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Title
A traditional prayer house on a termite mound, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936
Creator
Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-02
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
"Ein heidn. Gebetshäuschen in Umambwe. Das Häuschen ist auf einem Termitenhügel erbaut." ("A heathen prayer house in Umambwe. The house was built on a termite mound."). A man is sitting next to the thatched prayer house. In the distance trees. In the foreground grass.
Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 10333
photographic prints, 11.4 x 8.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11290 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-4-10333
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11290
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-4-10333.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Religious activities
Exterior views
Time Period
1936-02
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 4
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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