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Description
Annotation translation: "Banso chief. He is one of the biggest chiefs in the Grassfields and has 300 wives of his own. In this picture he sits on a king's stool, carved from a single piece of wood. The leopards symbolise power. No subject of the chief's may sit on such a stool. This man favours the Basel Mission. At first however, he mistrusted them, after his earlier experiences with the Catholics. Rev. Zürcher understood how to win his trust. He maintained close contact with him, told him exactly what he would be preaching to his people, and, after every journey [in Banso], he reported in detail to the King what he had experienced." Annotation: "Banso-Häuptling. Er ist einer der grössten Häuptlinge des Graslandes & hat 300 eigene Frauen. Hier sitzt er auf einem Königsstuhl, der aus einem einzigen Stück geschnitzt ist. Die Leopardenfiguren sind Zeichen der Stärke. Kein Untertane darf auf einem solchen Stuhl sitzen. Der Mann ist der Basler Mission wohlwollend gesinnt. - Er war anfänglich der Mission gegenüber sehr misstrauisch auf Grund der Erfahrungen, die er mit den Katholiken gemacht hatte. Missionar Zürcher verstand es, sein Vertrauen zu gewinnen, indem er sich ganz zu ihm stellte, ihm mitteilte, was er in seinem Volk verkündigen wolle und nach jeder Reise ihm Bericht erstattete, was er auf seiner Reise erlebt hatte." Note translation: Probably carved in Babanki (PV 03.2002). Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 10.8 x 8.1 cm.
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