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Description
Annotation translation: " ... wear this high antique Assyrian hair-style. In their ears they wear a series of round glass beads. At the back of their heads they have little leather envelopes imported by the Hausas as objects with magic power." - "Vollbehr art postcards, 'Cameroon'." - "Exclusively sold by the Basel Mission Book Depot, Duala (Cameroon).." Annotation: " ... tragen die hohen, altassyrischen Haarfrisuren, im Ohr aufgereihte runde Glasperlen und um den Hinterkopf kleine, von den Haussa eingeführte Ledertäschchen als Zaubermittel." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'." - "Alleinvertrieb: Basler Missionshandlung, Duala (Kamerun)." Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr. - Von Prof. T. A. Freyvogel, Tropeninstitut Basel erhalten. Note translation: "Original: water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr".
Type
image
Format
print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD) postcard, 13.8 x 8.8 cm.
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