"Itenya 1935. Heidentaufe. Mutter und Kind." ("Itenya in 1935. Baptizing the heathen. Mother and child."). A woman carrying a baby on her back is kneeling. The missionary is pouring water over her head. The missionary's assistant is standing beside them. In the background women standing in a line and watching the scene . Cf. photo nos. 10534 (the year given, 1936, is probably wrong), 10535 and 10536. -- Ernst Waldner (1898-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine and served in East Africa. He married Julie Friederike Ebinger.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11502
- Dates
- 1935
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- 2 copies, colored slide no. 10537 photographic print, 9 x 6.3 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Nyasa Tanzania
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Malawi
- Reference
- impa-m11502 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10537
- 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/c79a57bbda4d0344808db35dcd9ea547
