cover image: A group of people sitting under a tree, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

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A group of people sitting under a tree, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

1936

"Der Dorfplatz v. d. bemalten Hütte i. Kondelld." ("The village square [in front of] the painted hut in K[ondeland]."). A man, presumably the artist who painted the hut, is surrounded by children. They are sitting under a tree. On the right the painted hut. On the left and in the background two further huts. Cf. photo no. 10336. -- Ernst Hermann Schnabel (1904-1953) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine and served in East Africa until the end of the 1930s. In 1934, he married Käthe Prellwitz in Kyimbila.
housing rural environment group portraits

Authors

Schnabel, Ernst Hermann, 1904-1953

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11309
Dates
1936-02
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic prints, 9 x 6.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m11309 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-4-10341
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/45b56f40b0ec9b4eab14977ec60397d5

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