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Description
Annotation translation: "An Mbembe man builds his house. Everyone [male form in the German] builds his own house. He has no hammer or trowel, his own skilled hands are his only tools [sic]. In a pit the clay is worked by being trodden. The clay is mixed with fibre from palm-oil kernals. This gives it greater strength - ([it becomes a kind of] primitive concrete). This man's hut has a diameter of some 2-3 metres, and he builds the walls 1.5 metres high. Between the two posts he makes a place for sleeping." Annotation: "Ein Mann des Mbembelandes baut seine Wohnhütte. Jeder ist sein eigener Baumeister. Kelle & Hammer hat er nicht, die kunstfertige Hand ist das einzige Werkzeug. In der Lehmgrube wird der Lehm mit den Füssen geknetet. Der Lehm wird mit Palmkernfasern vermischt, wodurch er grössere Festigkeit erhält. (Primitiver Beton.) Die Hütte dieses Mannes hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 2-3 Metern, die Wand baut er 1,5m hoch. Zwischen den beiden vorspringenden Pfeilern erstellt der Hausvater seine Schlafstätte." Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 8.0 x 10.9 cm.
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