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Title	Young woman with headband and ear disc, Mbozi, Tanzania, [s.d.]
Description	"Junge Frau mit Stirnband und Ohrscheibe." ("Young woman with headband and ear disc."). Profile portrait of head and shoulders. Young woman with a scarified face and partly shaved head wearing a beaded head band and a studded ear disc with a diameter of ca. 8-10 cm.; Additional information: "Safwa-Frau" ("Safwa woman"). -- Paul Theodor Meyer (1864-1933) was a son of the missionary Philipp Ludwig Heinrich Meyer. Together with Théophile Richard, Georg Martin and Johannes Häfner he started the missionary work of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in what is now Tanzania in 1891. He founded the mission stations Rungwe in 1891, Rutenganio, Utengule and Ipanya between 1894 and 1897. From 1891 to 1916 he was superintendent of Rungwe missionary province. After being interned for three years he returned to Germany in 1919.
Subject (aat)	scarification (process) portraits
Subject (unesco)	Jewelry Customs and traditions Women
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Mbozi
Geographic subject (country)	Tanzania
Geographic subject (continent)	Africa
Photographer	Meyer, Paul Theodor, 1864-1933
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Type	images
Previous format (aacr2)	photographic prints, 7.3 x 10.8 cm.
Format (aacr2)	color slide no. 7718
Format (aat)	photographs
Legacy record ID	impa-m8657
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
References	"Ein Mädchen der Station Mbozi in Nyika. Ohrschmuck, Perlkranz u. Gesichtstätowierung." ("A girl of the station Mbozi in Nyika. Ear decoration, bead fringe a[nd] face tattoos."). In: Theodor Meyer: Die Konde. Ethnographische Aufzeichnungen (1891-
Rights	Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Access conditions	Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Repository name	Moravian Archives
Repository address	Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
Repository email	unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Filename	IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07718
Archival file	impa_Volume172/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07718.tiff

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