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Title
A 'sabuka' mask from a funeral in Kahajan
Maske 'sabuka' vom Totenfest i. Kahajan
Creator
Vischer, Mattheus Carl (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1927/1941
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
Note: Cf. B-30.68.018.
Note translation: Cf. B-30.68.018.
Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
11.2 x 8.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-m22656 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-1674
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m22656
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-1674.jpg
Subject
Death ceremony
Mask
Sacral object
Tooth
Wood carving
Indigenous Kalimantan religions
Time Period
1927/1941
Place
Dajak
Kahajan (river)
Source
B-30.68.040 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
S.E. Borneo. VI secular themes - religion, mission. Photographs from Dr Vischer
impa-m15099; impa-m17025
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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