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Title
Two Safwa female students, 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
"Hoch-Safwa[.] 2 Safwa-Schülerinnen. Mundring. Perlgurt[.] Armspangen. Erhalten von Br. Giersch 1929." ("High Safwa[.] 2 Safwa female students. Mouth ring. Bead belt[.] Bracelets. Received from Br[other] Giersch 1929."). Two young standing women with necklaces, bracelets, a belt of beads around the hips and a lower lip pierced with a large ring.
Cf. photo no. 6806
probably taken on the same occasion.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 8.9 x 11.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m3681 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06677
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3681
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06677.jpg
Subject
Jewelry
Youth
Women students
Women
Double portraits
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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