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Title
Befragen des Ifa
Enquiring of Ifa
Date Created and/or Issued
not after 1905
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
Note: Publiziert unter dem Titel: "Wahrsagen am Tage des Gottes Ifa." (Bilder-Tafeln zur Länder- und Völker-Kunde mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der evangelischen Missionsarbeit. Herausgegeben von dem Calwer Verlagsverein. Calw & Stuttgart. 1883: Tf. 139, 3).
Note translation: Printed with the caption "Divining on the day of the God Ifa" in "Bilder-Tafeln zur Länder- und Völker-Kunde mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der evangelischen Missionsarbeit", published by the Calwer Verlagsverein. Calw & Stuttgart. 1883: Table 139, 3..
Type
image
Format
print, wood engraving or line block (HD)
7.4 x 12.0 cm.
Identifier
impa-m41456 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-9447
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m41456
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-9447.jpg
Subject
Ifa (deity)
Adornment
Carpet
Dishes
Group
Ritual object
Scarification
Textile pattern
Vessel
Woman
Women's wear
Bone
Indigenous African religions
Religious specialist f
Place
Nigeria
not after 1905
Source
QQ-30.005.0080 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
QQ-30.005: untitled
impa-m15099; impa-m17607
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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