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Description
Annotation translation: "Sapoendoe = stake for the buffalo. Before the beginning of the funeral itself, during the funeral and above all on its last day, the climax, buffalos are bound to this stake and slowly tortured to death." Annotation: "Sapoendoe = Buffelpfahl. Vor Beginn des eigentlichen Totenfestes, während des Festes & vor allem am letzten Tag des Festes, der der höchste ist, werden hier die Büffel angebunden & langsam zu Tode gemartert." Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 10.0 x 13.9 cm.
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