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Title
"6. A notable man in Bamum"
6. Ein Grosser von Bamum
Creator
Basler Mission Trading Company, Duala, Cameroon (publisher / distributor)
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
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: "Njoya has three councillors and many notables, who are given land by him as hereditary fief - all land belongs to the King. Sich men wear the typcial robes of the Bamum cavalry." "Vollbehr art postcards 'Cameroon'. " "Sales exclusively from the Basel Mission Bookshop, Duala, Cameroon."
Annotation: "Njoja hat drei Ratgeber und viele Grosse, die von ihm, dem Häuptling, dem alles Bamumland gehört, Land als Lehen erblich erhalten. Sie tragen die typische Tracht der Bamumreiter." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'." - "Alleinvertrieb: Basler Missionshandlung, Duala (Kamerun)."
Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr. - Von Prof. T. A. Freyvogel, Tropeninstitut Basel erhalten.
Note translation: "Original: water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr".
Stamped: "-- Mai 1975."
Type
image
Format
print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD)
postcard, 13.8 x 8.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m42794 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-25916
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m42794
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-25916.jpg
Subject
Beard
Men's wear
Painting
Portrait m
Turban
Time Period
1912
Place
Bamum
Source
QQ-30.027.0060 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
QQ-30.027: untitled
impa-m15099; impa-m17566
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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