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Annotation translation: "Twi." Annotation: "Tschi." Note: Als Nr. 36 publiziert im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuenburg 1895. (RI). - Bildlegende im Album: "Topffabrikation. - Bei unsern Negern ist die Herstellung von Töpfen die Arbeit der Frauen. Sie holen den Thon am Fuss des Berges, stampfen und bearbeiten ihn auf flachen Steinen. Mit der blossen Hand verwandeln sie nachher den Klumpen Thon zu einem Wassertopf oder sonst einem Küchengeschirr. Nachdem sie an der Sonne genügend getrocknet sind, werden die Töpfe in einem Haufen dürren Holzes aufgeschichtet und so gebrannt." Note translation: Published as no 36 in the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuchâtel 1895. (RI). - Caption in the album: "Pottery.- Among our Africans making pots is a woman's job. They bring the clay from the foot of the mountain, pound it and work it on flat stones. With their bare hands they shape the lumps of clay into water-pots or some other kitchen utensil. After they have dried in the sun the pots are stacked up in a pile of dry wood and in this way they are baked." - The French text begins "Chose bien étrange, la fabrication des pots à eau ... est le travail des femmes..." and ends " ... est cuite au centre d'une grande cage de bois mort qui abonde dans la forêt."
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image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion 11.4 x 16.4 cm.
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