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Title
King Makarukwa with his eldest son, Mwaya, Tanzania,1929
Creator
Fischer, Dr. Walter Otto
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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
"König Makarukwa mit seinem ältesten Sohn. Dr. O. Fischer" ("King Makarukwa with his oldest son. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background a grass-roofed brick building. In the foreground the seated king wearing a white dress with a long scarf and a cloth wrapped around his head. He holds a walking stick in his right hand. Behind the king an African man with a cap on his head and a rifle over his left shoulder. Beside the king on the left a young man with a hat in his right hand dressed in a white suit and shoes.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 8.0 x 5.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8700 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08660
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8700
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08660.jpg
Subject
Political leadership
Housing
Men
Youth
Group portraits
Time Period
1929
Place
Africa
Mwaya
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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