cover image: Two Fingu girls, Baziya, South Africa East

Two Fingu girls, Baziya, South Africa East

"Baziya. Zwei Fingu-Mädchen. Rote, mit Perlen und Knöpfen besetzte Kleider" ("Baziya. Two Fingu girls. Red, pearly and buttoned dresses"). Two young women standing, wearing special patterned dresses, necklaces and diverse headdresses. Apparently, their legs are painted and adorned. In the background trees. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945. c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09891.
girls indigenous populations group portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15434
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
8.2 x 4.7 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Baziya South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m15434 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09890
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany http://www.archiv.ebu.de unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f27ea0cf2d81c7290a135f08f37a0db7

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