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Title
African loom
Afrikanischer Webstuhl
Creator
Basel Mission Bookshop, Basel, Switzerland (publisher / distributor)
Ringwald, Ernst Walter (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1933/1939
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: "Ringwald." - "African loom
sheltered from the sun under a thatched roof, the weaver produces narrow strips of cloth which are then sewn together into cloth which people wear."
Annotation: "Ringwald."- "Afrikanischer Webstuhl
Unter dem Grasdach vor der Sonne geschützt, verfertigt der Weber schmale Tuchstreifen, die dann zum Umschlagtuch zusammengenäht werden."
Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
12.7 x 13.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-m26516 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-7007
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m26516
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-7007.jpg
Subject
Basket
Bobbin
Cloth
Craftsmanship scene
Loom
Thatched roof
Village
Weaver m
Yarn
Time Period
1933/1939
Place
Ghana
Source
D-30.62.032 [Reference number]
QQ-30.027.0087 [Same image reference number]
Relation
Gold Coast. Secular themes. Social life. Types of people. Crafts. Art
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17520
impa-m38620
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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