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Title
Mboandem in all her decoration
Mboandem in vollem Schmuck
Date Created and/or Issued
not before 1895
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: "A medium in a women's secret society."
Annotation: "Medium eines Frauen-Geheimbundes."
Note: Cf. QE-30.012.0003, E-30.89.129 (Banjangiland). (RI).
Note translation: Cf. QE-30.012.0003, E-30.89.129 (Banjangiland). (RI).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
8.2 x 5.6 cm.
Identifier
impa-m39570 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-24243
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m39570
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-24243.jpg
Subject
Mboandem (secret society)
Adornment
Body painting
Costume
Headgear
Medium f
Secret society member f
Shell
Portrait of two, adult and child
Place
Besongabang
not before 1895
Source
QE-30.012.0005 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
QE-30.012: untitled
impa-m15099; impa-m17626
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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