cover image: Sacred sacrifice tree at Lake Kilole, Ethiopia, 1927-1941

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Sacred sacrifice tree at Lake Kilole, Ethiopia, 1927-1941

"Der Galla ist in die Höhlung gekrochen, um den Zauberer darzustellen. Er erzählte […] den ganzen Ritus und die Sage von Kilole." ("The Galla has crawled into the hollow to represent the sorcerer. He told [...] the whole rite and the myth of Kilole.") View of a big trunk with two hollows. An elderly Ethiopian man sits in one hollow, two European children stand to the left, to the right a missionary.
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Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-84770
Date published
1927/1941
Dates
1927/1941
Format
Photographs Photographic prints
Pages
2 photographs: b&w 11 x 8.2 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Ethiopia
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Ethiopia
Reference
IMP-ELM-AE-162.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/b818de774973d2e958dc360eb3e163e1

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