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Note: Als Nr. 34 publiziert im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuenburg 1895. - Bildlegende im Album: "Fähre über den Berem (Akem). - Dieser Fluss, ein Zufluss des Prah, ist an gewissen Stellen sehr tief. Um hinüber zu fahren haben die Eingeborenen eine eigentümliche Fähre gebaut. Es ist ein Floss, aus welchem drei dicke Arme hervorragen hinter welchen eine Schlingpflanze, die an beiden Ufern befestigt ist, läuft. Infolge der Strömung können die Leute mit geringer Mühe das Floss von einem Ufer zum andern ziehen." Note translation: Published as no 34 in the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', (= 'Eighty pictures of the Goldcoast (West Africa) by the missionary Fritz Ramseyer'), Neuchâtel 1895. - Caption in the album: "Ferry crossing the Berem (Akem). - This river, a tributary of the Prah, is very deep in places. The natives have built a remarkable ferry in order to cross it. It is a raft with three thick branches standing up, behind which a creeper runs. The creeper is fastened on both banks. Using the current the people can pull the raft from one bank to the other with little difficulty."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 12.0 x 16.6 cm.
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