Konde women and children, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

"Gruppe von Kondefrauen. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Group of Konde women. Dr. O. Fischer "). Under a group of banana trees three women and three children: the women wear strips of bast, held by a string around the hips and hanging down to the ankles. They have painted faces. The woman on the left wears spiral ornaments around the lower legs and carries a child on her back, just as the child on the right does. For the preparation of the 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.