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An interrupted funeral dance in Dibomba in the Lungasi region. The dance takes place outside the ruined hut which belonged to the person who has died. In the foreground lies the coffin

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Title: An interrupted funeral dance in Dibomba in the Lungasi region. The dance takes place outside the ruined hut which belonged to the person who has died. In the foreground lies the coffin
Unterbrochener Totentanz in Dibomba im Lungasigebiet bei der verfallenen Hütte des Verstorbenen; im Vordergrund der Sarg
Creator: Stutz, Jakob (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1902/1906
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)
Type: image
Format: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
7.2 x 11.3 cm.
Identifier: impa-m29182 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-3950
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m29182
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-3950.jpg
Subject: Banana tree
Ceremonial scene
Coffin
Dance
Death ceremony
Plant
Type and material of construction
Open space
Time Period: 1902/1906
Place: Bonaku
Dibamba
Lungasi
Source: E-30.41.005 [Reference number]
E-30.51.023; QE-32.038.9002 [Same image reference number]
Relation: Cameroon. Politics. Tribes. Places. 41 a. Baboni, private mission station of F. Spellenberg; Separate tribes in special envelopes; b. Different tribes and places, houses, huts
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17358
impa-m29580; impa-m54178
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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