Fingu woman with typical necklace, South Africa East

„Fingu-Frau mit charakteristischem Halsschmuck (mit Kind)“ („Fingu woman with characteristical necklace (with child)“). A woman, wearing draperies, a headdress and large necklaces with many pearls, is holding a child in her arms. 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.