"Auf der Reise. Zebu-Bulle u. Elen-Antilopen in Uhehe, Temben-Bauart." ("On the trip. Zebu bull a[nd] elands in Uhehe, type of tembes."). View of a zebu bull, two elands and six goats on a sandy village road. One African is standing next to them behind a tree, another one is standing behind one of the elands. A fence and a tree in front of a tembe are to be found on the left-hand side whereas the background shows a tembe house and kind of an alley to the right with more tembes. Imprinted on the image: "3258". In Swahili tembes denote rectangular houses with mud walls and a flat roof, to be found in East Africa. -- Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899) , in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.
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colored slide no. 3258 photographic prints, 15.8 x 11.8 cm. photographs
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