"Bomvana-Mädchen. Halsgehänge, die eng anliegenden sind Perlenketten, die weit geschlungenen sind aus Gras geflochten" ("Bomvana girl. Necklaces, the close-fitting ones are pearl necklaces, the loosely noosed are bound of grass"). A young woman wearing a dark drapery, a headscarf and special necklaces. 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.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15419
- Dates
- 1934
- Format
- Photographic prints Photographs
- Pages
- 7.5 x 3.4 cm
- Place Discussed
- Africa South Africa
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- South Africa
- Reference
- impa-m15419 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09622
- 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/062fb86dbfcd867396f2c80159fff563
