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Title
Group portrait of African women, Utengule, 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
"Utengule. Gruppe von Arbeiterinnen." ("Utengule. Group of female workers."). Nine young women wearing bead necklaces, rings around the ankles and/or wrists and either a skirt made of simple cloth or a belt of beads around the hips. Some wear stud earrings, one wears a patterned cloth and a headband, another cowrie shells in her hair
two have shaved heads.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 16.6 x 12.0 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8634 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07695
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8634
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07695.jpg
Subject
Jewelry
Clothing
Customs and traditions
Women
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Utengule
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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