cover image: Two persons dancing, South Africa East

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Two persons dancing, South Africa East

„Sonntag im Compound. Zwei Eingeborene beim Tanz“ („Sunday in the compound. Two indigenes dancing“). Two men in indigenous costumes dancing. One of them is standing, the other one kneeling. Other people are sitting and standing around. A shield in the background with an inscription. Gerhard Dahl Elmo Knudsen, born in 1905 in Vejle (Denmark), worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Baziya, Tinana) from 1932 till 1940. In 1933 he married Martha Schmolke in Mvenyane. From 1940 till 1957 he worked as a missionary in the Southern Highlands in Tanganyika. In 1946 he married Judith Mogensen. He died in 1980 in Christansfeld.
dance indigenous populations general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m56974
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
5.4 x 4.1 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m56974 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-8-12168
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/e1430f2b0e045be1ea20dcf2c0cd4cb3

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