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Title
Women coming to work, South Africa East
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, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Rote (heidnische) Kaffer-Frauen, zur Arbeit kommend" (''Red [heathen] Kaffir women, coming to work"). Four women are standing in one line. Before them five women are kneeling in one line. They are wearing necklaces. The kneeling woman, rightmost, is wrapped in a blanket. On the right, the standing woman is covering her head and shoulders with a cloth. The other women are wearing clothes which are strapless. The upper body of the kneeling middle woman is uncovered. Three women are wearing headpieces. The standing woman (second from right) is carrying something on her head.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
7.9 x 10.7 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m15504 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-1-02693
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15504
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-1-02693.jpg
Subject
Women
Women workers
Workers
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Unknown
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
colored slide no. 2693; two copies exist
impa-m76

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