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Title
Ga girls with their hair rolled
Gamädchen. Gerolltes Haar
Creator
unknown studio
Date Created and/or Issued
1883/1888
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 translation: Published in John Parker "Making the Town, Ga State and Society in Early Colonial Accra", 2000, p.30. Caption there: "Wealthy Ga women wearing imported cloth and elaborate 'rolled' hair styles. A studio portrait from the late nineteenth century."
Stamped: "H. Hürlimann, Missionar."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, albumen
carte de visite, 9.2 x 5.4 cm.
Identifier
impa-m44353 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-28081
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m44353
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-28081.jpg
Subject
Earring
Hairstyle
Portrait of two f
Scarf
Studio
Studio background
Textile pattern
Women's wear
Time Period
1883/1888
Place
Ga
Ghana
Source
QQ-30.101.0047 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
QQ-30.101: untitled
impa-m15099; impa-m17791
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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