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Title
Two church attendants, Genadendal, South Africa
Creator
Unknown
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
"Gnadenthal. 2 Kirchdienerinnen." ("Genadendal. 2 female church attendants."). The picture shows two women of either African or mixed origin. The older of the two women sits. Her head is covered with a white scarf. She wears a checkered shirt and a light skirt with a light pinafore and a checkered scarf around her neck. The woman holds her hands together. Next to her on the left another woman with a light scarf around her head. She also wears a checkered shirt and a patterned dress and a patterned scarf around her neck. Behind them the part of a house with a window and a garden. A fence on the left. Imprinted on the image: "1543.".
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 9.0 x 11.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11194 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-01543
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11194
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-01543.jpg
Subject
Women
Church
Christians
Double portraits
Place
Africa
Genadendal
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 1
impa-m76

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