"Lupagebiet. Goldwäscher." ("Lupa region. Gold washers.") Five African men are crouching on the bank of the Lupa River washing gold. They are using bowls. On the right: a European man standing beside them. Presumably a missionary. Cf. photo nos. 10483 and 10495. -- The photograph is highly yellowed. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
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2 copies, colored slide no. 10622 photographic print, 11.6 x 8.7 cm. photographs
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