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Title
Konde mother and son playing an instrument, Nyasa, Tanzania, ca. 1891-1920
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1891/1920
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
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Konde-Oberland. Neuere Musik. Verschieden gestimmte Hölzer liegen lose auf 2 Bananenstümpfen u. werden von zwei sich gegenüber Sitzenden mit je zwei Hölzern geschlagen. Mutter u. Sohn. Eigenartige Haarfrisur" ("Konde highland. New music. Differently tuned wooden bars laying loosely on 2 banana stubs a[nd] are hit by two people sitting opposite from each other with two sticks each. Mother a[nd] son. Strange hair style"). A woman on a mat wearing four brass rings around her waist and having a pattern shaved on her mainly bald head is playing a kind of xylophone together with a boy sitting opposite from her. The dressed lower part of a man's body is depicted in the background on the left. A fence in the background behind the lower parts of banana trees.
One photo included from the box of duplicates. -- The picture was bought by the Moravian Archives from Rehwagen in 1926.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 4808
photographic prints, 13.1 x 8.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11002 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04808
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11002
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04808.jpg
Subject
Musicians
Musical instruments
Mothers
Children
Double portraits
Time Period
1891/1920
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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