cover image: Children pounding corn, Ayra, Ethiopia

Children pounding corn, Ayra, Ethiopia

"Kinder beim Stampfen" ("Children pounding"). Photograph of two small children pounding corn in front of a house. They wear shirts and their heads are partly shaven. One child is standing on a stool. Separate note reading: "Die kleine Martha kann noch nicht ganz an den Mörser reichen. Ein kleiner Schemel muss nachhelfen. Es geht immer abwechselnd im Gleichtakt wie beim Flegeldreschen" ("Little Martha cannot reach the mortar yet completely. A small stool must assist. They alternate synchronously as in threshing with flails"). Cf. pictures nos. ELM/AE/Fotos - 964, 966. Three copies exist.
children food preparation cooking general views mortars
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-85292
Format
Photographs Photographic prints
Pages
1 photograph: b&w 10.5 x 7.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Ayra Ethiopia
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Ethiopia
Reference
IMP-ELM-AE-965.tif
Rights
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM) Hermannsburg Mission USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference. archiv@elm-mission.net
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/39f73dbe597fde93c72e4572aaefd245

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