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Title
Cameroon, Grassfields. Insignias of empire: sword, a bundle of spears, 3 tobacco pipes and a calabash for palm-wine
Kamerun, Grasland die Reichsinsignien Schwert, Speerbündel, 3 Pfeifen u. eine Palmweinkalebasse
Creator
Wuhrmann, Anna (Ms)
Date Created and/or Issued
not before 1911
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, gelatin-silver
7.9 x 10.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m50224 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-26917
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m50224
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-26917.jpg
Subject
Adornment
Anthropomorphic representation
Calabash
Group
Hairstyle
Insignia of rank
Men's wear
Nobility
Palm wine
Pillar
Pipe
Servant m
Spear
Sword
Textile pattern
Wood carving
Place
Bamum
Foumban
not before 1911
Source
QV-30.481.4983 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Museum of Cultures Basel, Switzerland
impa-m15099; impa-m17600

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