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Title
Funeral Custom, death of a Chief, Accra
Date Created and/or Issued
not after 1917
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: "No 17 / 25a."
Note: Nr. 17 gestrichen und durch 25a ersetzt. (RI).
Note translation: Published in John Parker "Making the Town, Ga State and Society in Early Colonial Accra", 2000, p.172. Caption there: "The funeral procession for a departed mantse passes through the streets of Accra, c.1917."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, albumen
13.8 x 19.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m24947 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-5667
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m24947
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-5667.jpg
Subject
Audience
Carrier f
Carrier m
Ceremonial scene
Chief
Death ceremony
Gift
Procession
Indigenous African religions
Place
Accra
not after 1917
Source
D-30.01.045 [Reference number]
QQ-30.022.0054 [Same image reference number]
Relation
Gold Coast. Ga area. Accra. Secular themes. 1. Accra + Christiansborg. A.. Beach and harbour. B. Buildings, c. Social life, street scenes, religions
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17044
impa-m42657
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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