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Title
Chief Mashinga and his sub chiefs, 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
"Hoch-Safwa. Der Häuptling Maschinga u. seine Unterhäuptlinge. -&gt
Maschinga" ("High-Safwa. Chief Maschinga and his sub chiefs. -&gt
Maschinga"). In the background a mountain and a grass-roofed house. In the foreground a group of seven standing and ten crouching Africans. In the middle of the group the seated chief.
Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, color slide no. 6735
photographic prints, 10.9 x 6.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m6684 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06735
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m6684
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06735.jpg
Subject
Housing
Indigenous populations
Political leadership
Group portraits
Time Period
1929/1930
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
Ein Häuptling mit Gefolge (Mashinga in Hoch-Safwa)" ("A chief with retinue (Mashinga in Upper Safwa)"). In: Missionsblatt der Brüdergemeine 93, p. 259. Herrnhut: Missionsbuchhandlung, 1929
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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