Title	Masai woman, Tanzania, ca. 1900-1914
Description	"Masaifrau vom Meru, geschmückt mit Spiralen und Ringen aus Messing-, Eisen- und Kupferdraht, Deutsch-Ost-Afrika." ("A Masai woman decorated with spirals and bracelets made of brass, iron and copper wire. Mount Meru, German East Africa."). The image shows the upper part of the body. A woman with numerous bracelets, choker and earrings. She is wearing a brown dress.; Cf. "Druckvorlagen Musterbuch 7, 479, Auf. 185" . -- Postcard published by the Leipzig Mission. -- Probably photographed by Emil Müller (1868-1940), a missionary of the Leipzig Mission. From 1893 to 1920 and from 1931 to 1933 he served in Machame, a station founded in 1893.
Subject (aat)	portraits
Subject (unesco)	Women African cultures
Geographic subject (country)	Tanzania
Geographic subject (continent)	Africa
Coverage date	1900/1914
Photographer	Müller, Emil, 1868-1940
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1900/1914
Type	images
Previous format (aacr2)	colored photograph, 8.8 x 13.7 cm.
Format (aat)	photographs
Legacy record ID	impa-m14019
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of series	Afrika 2
Rights	Jones, Adam
Access conditions	Contact: Prof. Adam Jones, Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100920, 04009 Leipzig, Deutschland; mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de; Phone: +49 (0341) 97-37030; Fax: +(49) (0341) 97-37048
Repository name	Private collections
Repository address	Contact: Prof. Adam Jones, Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Leipzig ,Postfach 100920, 04009 Leipzig, Deutschland; mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de <mailto:mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de>; Phone: +49(0341) 97-37030; Fax: +(49) (0341) 97-37048
Repository email	mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de
Archival file	impa_Volume378/2.url

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