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Title
Building a house in Bali
Hüttenbau i. Bali
Creator
Zürcher, Wilhelm (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1932/1937
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: "Men building a house. On site palm-ribs are bound together into a prefabricated wall. When two walls are ready they are placed upright and secured, as these two men demonstrate. Afterwards women plaster the walls with clay."
Annotation: "Männer beim Hüttenbau. Auf der Baustelle werden die Palmrippen am Boden zu einer fertigen Hauswand zusammengebunden. Wenn zwei Wände fertiggestellt sind, werden sie aufgerichtet & festgemacht, wie diese zwei Männer es tun. Nachher werden die Wände von den Frauen mit Lehm bestrichen."
Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
5.7 x 7.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m30137 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-19974
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m30137
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-19974.jpg
Subject
Architectural view
Palm rib
Under construction
Wall
Worker m
Time Period
1932/1937
Place
Bali
Source
E-30.85.113 [Reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. Land, people, religion. 5 Photographs by Zürcher. A) Land, nature, plants, animals, landscapes, places; b) the life of the people; c) religion
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17144
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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