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Title
Bayongstadt Mfomo Pepa
The Bayong town of Mfomo Pepa
Creator
Spellenberg, Gottlieb Friedrich (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1906/1907
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: "Nyasoso [crossed out]. Bana."
Annotation: "Nyasoso [durchgestrichen]. Bana."
Note: "(Mfomo ist der Häuptl. Name). Pfeifenträger, Häuptling, Miss. Gutekunst - Feldbett." (E-30-0,2). - In der Nähe von Dshang. (Ch. M. Geary, E-30-0,7 und E-30-0,8). - Zur Datierung: Gutekunst verliess Kamerun 1902 und kehrte 1906 wieder zurück. (GT 08.1998).
Note translation: "(Mfomo is the name of the chief). Bearer of an ornamental tobacco pipe, chief, the missionary Gutekunst, a camp bed." (E-30-0,2). - Near Dschang. (C. M. Geary, E-30-0,7 and E-30-0,8). - Regarding the dates: Gutekunst left Cameroon in 1902 and returned in 1906. (GT 08.1998).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion
7.1 x 16.4 cm.
Identifier
impa-m28538 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-4603
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m28538
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-4603.jpg
Subject
Gutekunst, Jakob (Mr)
Mfomo Pepa (chief)
Audience
Banana
Camp bed
Chief m
Group
Missionary
Thatched roof
Type and material of construction
Time Period
1906/1907
Place
Bamileke
Bayong
Dschang
Nyasoso
Bana, Cameroon
Source
E-30.27.056 [Reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. Grasslands. Bali. Bamileke (Baboni). 1. Lel festival, and other festivals. 2. The Bali settlement. 3. Portraits of people in Bali. 4. Weaving. 5. Bafut, Babungo, Kom, Bamenda, 6. Bali outstations, 7. Bamileke region, Baboni, Bangwa, and
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17102
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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