"Verlobtes Mädchen aus dem Kondeland. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Engaged girl from the Konde country. Dr. O. Fischer"). Portrait of a girl standing on a box fixed to a bamboo cane. She wears a piece of bast held by a string around the hips and hanging down to her knees. Her crossed arms are close to her breast with her hands resting on her shoulders. For the preparation of clothing cf. photo no. 8693. -- See also: Theodor Meyer: Die Konde. Ethnographische Aufzeichnungen (1891-1916) des Missionssuperintendenten Theodor Meyer von den Nyakyusa (Tanzania), p. 70. Hohenschäftlarn: Klaus Renner Verlag, 1989.
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