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Title
Natural lava bridge across the Kiwira River, Nyasa, 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
"Naturbrücke über den Kiwira im Kondeland." ("Natural bridge across the Kiwira in the Konde country."). Side view of a natural lava bridge across a river with six persons standing on it.
The river was named "Kibila", "Kibira" and "Kiwira". Today it is called Kiwira, situated near the southern border to Malawi. -- Cf. photos no. 7721 and 7800.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, color slide no. 7722
photographic prints, 11.4 x 8.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8661 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07722
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8661
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07722.jpg
Subject
Travel
Landscape
Bridges
Rivers
Topographical views
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
rivers: Kiwira River
Relation
Die natürliche Lavabrücke über den Kibila-Fluss von oberhalb gesehen." ("The natural lava bridge across the Kibila River, seen from above."). In: Theodor Meyer: Die Konde. Ethnographische Aufzeichnungen (1891-1916) des Missionssuperintendenten
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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