Extracting a tooth, Mbozi, Tanzania, 1937

"Zahnziehen in Mbozi." ("Extracting a tooth in Mbozi."). An African girl is sitting on a bench. A man, maybe her father, standing behind her and grimacing is holding her head. On the left: a white-dressed European woman is extracting one of her teeth. Another man is watching the scene.; Cf. photo no. 10902. -- Werner Hauffe (1909-1982) was a carpenter and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. From 1933 to 1939, he served in Rungwe, Utengule and Isoko. In Utengule, he was an assistant to Brother Gemuseus. In 1937 he married Irmgard Wolff