Image / Original District Church of Ngumbe, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1926

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Title: Original District Church of Ngumbe, Blantyre, Malawi, ca.1926
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1926
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: For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
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Description: "A District Church, Ngumbe. Original church made of mud and wattle." Exterior view of a district church. In the interior of churches such as this example, the mud floor would have been covered with grass mats and storage boxes would have served as an altar and for pews.
Type: image
Format: Photographic prints, 10.8 x 8.2 cm.
Identifier: impa-a-nls-75658973-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80195
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75658973-1.jpg
Subject: Buildings (structures)
Churches
Districts
Time Period: circa 1926
Place: Africa
Blantyre
Malawi
Southern region
Source: Acc.7548/F/29 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75658971 [File]
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Photographs from mission fields, Nyasaland (Malawi), Africa, ca.1926
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