cover image: Woman railing against the photographing, South Africa East

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Woman railing against the photographing, South Africa East

„Tembu-Frau mit Schmucknarben schimpfend wegen des Fotografierens“ („Tembu woman with adornment scars railing against the photographing“). Two women, wearing draperies, bangles, earrings and headdresses. The one in front is having scars on her arm. The other one is only half visible. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
women indigenous populations general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57919
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
8.1 x 5.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m57919 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-4-08492
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/61452887c690bf3cade340f5f8f52f2d

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