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Title
Der Geheimbund tanzt mit erhobenen Ahornstäben, umtanzt von der furchtbefreiten Menge. (Beendigung des Geheimbundwesens.)
Secret Society members dance with their Ahon staffs raised in the air. Around them dance a crowd of people released from their fear. (At the abolition of the Secret Societies)
Creator
Haller, Richard
Date Created and/or Issued
1931/1934
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: Ahorn [sic] = Ahon-Geheimbund.
Note translation: Ahon [sic] = Ahon secret Society.
Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
7.9 x 10.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-m30940 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-20830
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m30940
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-20830.jpg
Subject
Ahon-Isango (secret society)
Dancer f
Dancer m
Dissolution
Event
Festival
Ritual object
Secret society
Secret society member m
Time Period
1931/1934
Place
Nyasoso
Source
E-30.89.142 [Reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. People. Religion. 8b
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17137
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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