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Title
Konde lamenting the dead, Nyasa, 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
"Totenklage im Kondeland." ("Lamentation in Konde land."). In the background banana trees: a group of ca. 50 women is sitting together closely on the ground. Some of them are sitting on banana leaves. A thatched hut on the left.
Type
image
Format
black-and-white slide no. 4669
photographic prints, 12.0 x 9.0 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10971 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04669
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10971
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04669.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Death
Customs and traditions
Mourning
Group 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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