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Annotation translation: "Village school, with the sons of cannibals from Minge. On the left Teacher Tikö, now an evangelist, on the right Mukum, a former evangelist. A few years ago there was still no school in the Minge valley, and the parents of these children were all cannibals. Nowadays many of them allow their children to attend the christian school. Unfortunately they do not all get the money from their parents to buy a slate, a schoolbook, and a slate-pencil. Many of them only have a piece of broken slate as large as a hand, and the stump of a slate-pencil about 3 cm long. But they are keen to learn, and many get on very well with reading, writing and arithmetic." - "HB [Heidenbote] 1941/3." Annotation: "Dorfschule, Kannibalensöhne aus dem Minge, links Lehrer Tikö, heute Evangelist, rechts Mukum, gewesener Evangelist. Im Mingetal war bis vor wenig Jahren noch keine Schule, die Eltern dieser Kinder waren noch alle Menschenfresser. Heute erlauben viele ihren Kindern, die christl. Schule zu besuchen. Aber leider erhalten nicht alle das nötige Geld von ihren Eltern, um sich eine Tafel, eine Fibel & die nötigen Griffel zu kaufen. Manche Schüler besitzen nur ein Stück einer zerbrochenen Tafel, so gross wie eine Hand & einen Griffelstumpf, etwa 3cm lang. Aber ihr Eifer ist gross & mancher lernt ganz ordentlich lesen, schreiben & rechnen." - "HB [Heidenbote] 1941/3." Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
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image
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b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 7.9 x 10.7 cm.
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