cover image: Woman washing children, Mwaya, Tanzania, 1936

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Woman washing children, Mwaya, Tanzania, 1936

1936

"Mwaja 1936. Mohrenwäsche im Nyassa-See." ("Mwaja in 1936. Africans washing in Lake Nyassa."). A woman is washing two children on the lakefront. She wears a white shawl. The two children are naked. In the background mountains. Ernst Waldner (1898-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine and served in East Africa. He married Julie Friederike Ebinger.
children lakes group portraits

Authors

Waldner, Ernst, 1898?

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11492
Dates
1936
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies, colored slide no. 10527 photographic print, 8.7 x 6.1 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Mwaya Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m11492 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10527
Rights
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
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f938f0dedecee6c4391852553d473596

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