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Title
Sacrificial site with sacred tree, Tanzania, 1938-1939
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
"Opferstätte mit abgöttisch verehrtem Baum" ("Sacrificial site with divinely venerated tree"). A big tree on a plain. Shrubs and other trees in the background.
[Visitation Vogt]
Johannes Vogt was bishop of the Moravian Church and has visited Tanganyika in the years 1938 and 1939.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
5.1 x 5.1 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14898 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-VisV-11711
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14898
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-VisV-11711.jpg
Subject
Religious practice
Sacred sites
General views
Time Period
1938/1939
Place
Africa
Tanzania

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