A shot lion, Rutenganio, Tanzania, ca. 1898-1914

"Erlegter Löwe auf der Farm Lehnin des Herrn Schale nahe Rutenganyo. Kinder von Geschw. Stolz." ("A shot lion at Lehnin farm owned by Mister Schale near Rutenganio. Br[ethren] Stolz' children."). Five white children and a black child as well as an African man are squatting around a shot lion on the ground.; The picture was probably taken by Adolf Ferdinand Stolz. -- 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.