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"Links von Waßmann Kanjasmatsch Biru (Zauberer)" ("Left of Waßmann Qegnazmach Biru (sorcerer)"). Group portrait of Dietrich Waßmann Sr. and Qegnazmach Biru with his family. Separate note reading: "Auf dem Rückweg nach Aira, kam uns ein Mann nachgelaufen und sagte: Mein Herr lässt Dir sagen: Warum reitest du vorbei, warum hasst Du mich, sind wir keine Freunde mehr? Ich fragte: Wie nennt sich Dein Herr? Kanjasmatsch Biru. 'Wer ist das, Vater?'[,] fragte Dietrich. Da durften wir nicht vorüberreiten. Es ist mein alter Freund, der einzige Zauberer, der in der ganzen Gegend noch sein dunkles Handwerk ausübt. [H]ier steht er freudestrahlend neben mir, hinter uns seine 6 Frauen". ("On the way back to Ayra, a man came running after us and said: My master tells you: Why do you ride by, why do you hate me, are we no longer friends? I asked: How does your master call himself? Qenyazmach Biru. 'Who is that, father?'[,] asked Dietrich. Thus we couldn't ride by. He is my old friend, the only sorcerer that in the whole region still practices his dark craft. [H]ere he stands beaming with joy next to me, behind us his 6 wifes").
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1 photograph: b&w 10 x 7 cm. photographs photographic prints
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