cover image: Group of Konde girls, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

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Group of Konde girls, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

1929

"Gruppe kleiner Mädchen. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Group of young girls. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background a rectangular grass-roofed house built of wood and bamboo canes. Under its roof and in the foreground a group of ca. 40 seated girls and one old woman, who has covered her body with a piece of leather. The girls all sit very close together, some in rows of six to eight, with straddled legs and their backs resting on the chests of the girls in front.
children old age girls houses group portraits

Authors

Fischer, Dr. Walter Otto

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8722
Dates
1929
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic prints, 11.2 x 8.2 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m8722 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08683
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/6b866e1bdc223ae35a57ce430e509f06

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