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Title
Men with canoe on Lake Nyasa and the Kinga mountains, Mwaya, Tanzania
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
"Der Nyassa-See. Blick von der Station Mwaja aus. Im Hintergrund das Kinga-Gebirge. Der Stationsaufseher Msakwile." ("Lake Nyasa. View from Mwaya [Mission] Station. In the background, the Kinga Mountains. Msakwile, supervisor of the station."). Msakwile with a stick in his hand is standing in the water on the left watching a woman carrying a basket on her head and two men pushing and pulling a dug-out canoe in the water. Rush is growing in parts of the lake. At some distance a person is walking in the water. A range of mountains in the background.
One photo included from the box of duplicates.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 6216
photographic prints, 13.9 x 9.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11045 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-06216
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11045
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-06216.jpg
Subject
Mountains
Lakes
Men
Canoes
Topographical views
Place
Africa
Mwaya
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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