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Title
Dancing young men, Nyasa, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1929/1930
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
"Hochsafwa: Tanz von jungen Burschen." ("High Safwa: Dance of young men."). In the background there are standing young male spectators. They are watching five young men dancing and sounding local horns.
Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, color slide no. 6684
photographic prints, 11.0 x 6.6 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m3701 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06684
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3701
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06684.jpg
Subject
Dancers
Traditional dance
Youth
Boys
Group portraits
Time Period
1929/1930
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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