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Title
Necromancers, Tabora, Unyamwezi, Tanzania
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, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"'Waswezi', Geisterbeschwörer bei Tabora" ("'Waswezi', necromancers near Tabora"). Three persons on a path. They are dressed in special clothing. The person on the right is wearing a headdress with horns. On the right, behind the person, a house. Trees in the background.
Johannes Vogt was bishop of the Moravian Church and has visited Tanganyika in the years 1938 and 1939.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
5.3 x 5.3 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14847 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-3-11744
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14847
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-3-11744.jpg
Subject
Witchcraft
Indigenous populations
General views
Place
Africa
Tabora
Tanzania
uncategorized: Unyamwezi
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76
two copies exist; diapositive no. 11744, f

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