cover image: Konde girl, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

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Konde girl, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

1929

"Verlobtes Mädchen aus dem Kondeland. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Engaged girl from the Konde country. Dr. O. Fischer"). Portrait of a girl standing on a box fixed to a bamboo cane. She wears a piece of bast held by a string around the hips and hanging down to her knees. Her crossed arms are close to her breast with her hands resting on her shoulders. For the preparation of clothing cf. photo no. 8693. -- See also: Theodor Meyer: Die Konde. Ethnographische Aufzeichnungen (1891-1916) des Missionssuperintendenten Theodor Meyer von den Nyakyusa (Tanzania), p. 70. Hohenschäftlarn: Klaus Renner Verlag, 1989.
children clothing girls portraits

Authors

Fischer, Dr. Walter Otto

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8721
Dates
1929
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 8.2 x 11.3 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m8721 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08682
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/c85af5d39d7d65dd4d36751794f75fae

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