cover image: Safwa women carrying their children on their back, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1932

20.500.12592/hbts9d

Safwa women carrying their children on their back, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1932

1932

"2 Safwafrauen m. Kindern i. Fell." ("2 Safwa women w[ith] children [carried] in animal-hide."). Side view of two women, wearing leather skirts partly embroidered with beads and carrying small children strapped to their back. All have partly shaved heads.
children clothing customs and traditions mothers group portraits

Authors

Kootz, Elise, 1870 -1946

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8666
Dates
1932
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies, color slide no. 7789 photographic prints, 7.3 x 9.7 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m8666 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07789
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/934b52d431f23c0248410f154e1a1143

Related Topics

All