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Title
Fetish for protection (a mud statue) at the entrance of the village
Fétiche protecteur (une statue en terre) à l'entrée du village
Creator
Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1888/1908
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Annotation translation: "Togo - German territory."
Annotation: "Togo - Possession allemande." [Übertitel].
Identity of photographer questionable.
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion
10.5 x 15.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-m38573 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-17515
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m38573
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-17515.jpg
Subject
Adobe
Anthropomorphic representation
Clay
Sacral object
Shelter
Shrine
Thatched roof
Timber
Village entrance
Indigenous African religions
Time Period
1888/1908
Place
Ghana
Source
QD-30.044.0052 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
QD-30.044: untitled
impa-m15099; impa-m17492
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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