"Der Vollzug der Taufhandlung." ("The baptism performed."). An African boy is kneeling in front of a missionary who pours water over his head. An African assistant catches the water in a bowl. A crowd of people sitting on the ground is watching the scene. In the background a thatched building. Cf. photo nos. 10393 and 10394. -- The picture is faded on the right edge. -- Walter Marx (1898-1944) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine and served in Rungwe/East Africa from 1929 until 1939. He married Gertrud Rahlfs in 1929.
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2 copies, colored slide no. 10395 photographic print, 8.8 x 6.2 cm. photographs
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