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Title
Ethiopian women braiding hair, Ethiopia
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
"Die Haare werden in unzählige kleine Flechten direkt an den Kopf geflochten, die dann viele Monate sitzen bleiben. Die Arbeit dauert 1/2 Tag." ("The hair is braided in countless little braids directly on the head, which stay there for many months. The work takes 1/2 day.") In the background a thatched longhouse and a fenced garden. In front two seated women. One woman is braiding the hair of the other.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 8.6 x 5.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m59931 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-ELM-AE-633.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59931
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-633.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Leisure
General views
Place
Africa
Ethiopia
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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