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Title
A prickly pear, Enon, 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
"Feigenkaktus b.Enon." ("Prickly pear n[ear] Enon."). The picture shows a prickly pear. In front of it one man and three women of African origin. The women wear white dresses. The man tries to get the fruits down from the plant with a wooden stick. One of the women is collecting the fruits, another one eats something, probably one of the fruits. The women to the far left carries a bucket full of fruits on her head. Imprinted on the image: "No. 791." (Another number which is readable was crossed out with black color.).
Photography faded.
Type
image
Format
colored slide no. 788
photographic prints, 9.1 x 12.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11132 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00788
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11132
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00788.jpg
Subject
Trees
Men
Indigenous populations
Women
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Enon
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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