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Title
An assembly gathers to negotiate
Volksversammlung zur Unterhandlung; Bayong-Stadt Mfokwe (Nyasoso)
Creator
Spellenberg, Gottlieb Friedrich (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1906-12-01/1906
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)
Description
Annotation translation: "Group of savages in Bayong. Bana."
Annotation: "Gruppe v. Wilden i. Bayong. Bana."
Note: "Bayongstadt Mfokwe - grosse Volksversammlung zum Zweck der Unterhandlung wegen Gewinnung eines Lehrers - schöne runde Hütte." (E-30-0,2).
Note translation: "The Bayong town of Mfokwe - people have met together to negotiate about the appointment of a teacher. Note the beautiful round houses." (E-30-0,2). - The reference to Nyasoso in the caption presumably means that the Mission Station in Nyasoso was responsible for work in this town. (PV & PJ 02.2002).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion
11.3 x 16.6 cm.
Identifier
impa-m28539 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-7074
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m28539
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-7074.jpg
Subject
Group
Meeting
Roundhouse
Settlement
Thatched roof
Type and material of construction
Discussion
Place
1906-12-01/1906
Bamileke
Bayong
Mfokwe
Nyasoso
Bana, Cameroon
Source
E-30.27.057 [Reference number]
E-30.27.058; QW-30.019.0014 [Same image reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. Grasslands. Bali. Bamileke (Baboni). 1. Lel festival, and other festivals. 2. The Bali settlement. 3. Portraits of people in Bali. 4. Weaving. 5. Bafut, Babungo, Kom, Bamenda, 6. Bali outstations, 7. Bamileke region, Baboni, Bangwa, and
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17102
impa-m28540; impa-m50875
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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