"Ein Aussätziger der sehr gebessert ist." ("A well healed leper."). An African man (with his back to the photographer), the upper part of whose body is naked. In the background: shrubs. Elise Schärf (1892-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She was a deaconess and received training not only as a nurse but also in the care of mothers and lepers. She served from 1928 for many years at the leprosy hospital in Isoko.
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2 copies photographic prints, 6.2 x 8.7 cm. photographs
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