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Title
Chief Mazenga with his family, Mbozi, Tanzania
Creator
Unknown
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
"Mbozi. Häuptling Mazenga zum Besuch." ("Mbozi. Chief Mazenga on a visit."). Chief Mazenga ['Masenga'] with his wives and the elders.The photograph was taken during a visit to Mbozi. Some of the women wear typical necklaces of the Upper Safwa. Imprinted on the image: "Häuptling Mazenga. Nyika. D.O.A. No. 1013 ("Chief Mazenga. Nyika. German East Africa No. 1013").
Related to record number 5626, source no. 761.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 1013
photographic prints, 15.3 x 11.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m5897 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-01013
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5897
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-01013.jpg
Subject
Political leadership
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Mbozi
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 1
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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