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Note: "Links-Johanne Ata, Kirchenältester." (Aufschrift auf der Rückseite von D-30.22.004). - "... in Abetifi." (D-30-0,1). - Als Nr. 64 publiziert im Album 'Quatre-vingts vues de la Côte d'Or d'Afrique d'après les originaux de M. Fritz Ramseyer', Neuchâtel 1895. - Bildlegende im Album: "Deux tisserands. - Leurs métiers sont des plus primitifs ce sont quatre pieux fichés en terre, avec quelques bâtons transversaux sur l'un d'eux repose la chaîne et à un autre est suspendue la trame. Sur ces métiers ils tissent des bandes de la largeur de la main, qui sont ensuite coupées de longueur voulues et cousues les unes aux autres jusqu'à ce que le tout ait atteint la largeur d'un 'ntama' ou pagne, dont ils s'entourent comme d'un châle. Les pédales sont mises en mouvement au moyen de ficelles placées entre les orteils, puis la navette passe d'une main dans l'autre à travers la trame soulevée." Note translation: Annotation on back of photo D-30.22.004: "On the left Johanne Ata, church elder." (PST). - " ... in Abetifi." (D-30-0,1). - Published as no 64 in the French version of the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuchâtel 1895. (RI). - In the German version of this album in our collection picture no 64 is missing. The French caption reads "Two weavers. Their looms are very simple. Four posts are stuck into the ground. Other (cross-) pieces of wood join them. The bands of cloth run over one of these cross pieces, and the threads run over another. On such looms they weave strips of cloth one hand-breadth wide. These are then cut to the required length and sewn together to reach the size of an 'ntama', a cloth in which people wrap themselves. The loom's pedals are worked by strings held by the weaver's toes. The shuttle moves from hand to hand backwards and forwards through under the set of threads which is raised [for that movement of the shuttle]." (PJ 07.1998).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, albumen 12.1 x 17.3 cm.
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