Dining room, Tanzania, ca.1893-1920

Interior view of a dining room. In the foreground a table covered by a tablecloth and one wooden chair are partly visible. Further back is a shelf filled with crockery and two loafs of bread. Two vases of flowers, two small pictures, a little cross and a lamp are on top of the shelf. On the wall is a picture of Jesus with a saying reading "Siehe, Ich stehe vor der Thür und klopfe an. Ich bin bei euch alle Tage" ("Behold, I stand at the door and knock. I am with you always"). In front of the shelf is a large box covered by a tablecloth. An inscriptions on it reads "Mason & Haml[in] Organ". Small boxes are placed on top of it. Two hats hang on a coat rack at the wall. Over it a small picture is visible.