Path through primeval forest, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca. 1898-1914

"Rungwe. Urwald." ("Rungwe. Primeval forest."). Four Africans standing behind two white men who are squatting on the ground next to another African man on a narrow path through primeval forest vegetation. Imprinted on the image: "3253".; Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze