cover image: Women and girls of Mount Meru, Tanzania, 1906

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Women and girls of Mount Meru, Tanzania, 1906

1906

Group portrait of seven African women and girls standing on an open place in a village or compound. All are wearing cloths or animal skin draped around their hips, breasts, or shoulder, respectively. Most of them are wearing many beaded necklaces and chains around their necks and chains or rings in their ears. Some have streched earlobes with large plugs in the holes. Some are wearing bracelets. The two young women standing at the right and left margin of the group are topless and decorative scars on their bellies are visible. Cf. picture no. 001_0006.
women indigenous peoples fashion jewelry group portraits

Authors

Müller, Emil, 1868-1940

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62575
Dates
1906
Format
Glass photonegatives, b&w Photographs
Pages
17.7 x 12.9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Arusha Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m62575 [Legacy record ID]; imp_em_003_0005.tiff
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/bd226483639e572da5cd3b64b530cba4

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