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Title
Copper-smith in Kumase - a former slave
Kupferschmid Kumase - ein früherer Sklave
Creator
Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1896/1908
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: [The original caption "Hausa slaughtering" has been crossed out and replaced by] "coppersmith Kumase."
Annotation: "Hausa schlachtend [durchgesrichen] - auf Fell mit früherem Sklaven" - "Kupferschmied Kumase."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion
15.5 x 11.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-m25799 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-5772
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m25799
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-5772.jpg
Subject
Fur
Metalwork
Palm leaf
Pot
Slave m
Type and material of construction
Smith m
Time Period
1896/1908
Place
Hausa
Kumase
Source
D-30.18.060 [Reference number]
QD-32.024.0168 [Same image reference number]
Relation
Gold Coast. 18. Kumase, non-mission. A. Government and army, c. Sportsfield, d. Railway, e. Modern buildings, f. Indigenous buildings, and people, g. Chiefs and their followers, h. Ex-king Prempeh, in exile, j. Nature
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17131
impa-m53030
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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