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Title
Dance-masks of the Losango-people
Tanz-Masken der Losango-Leute in Kamerun
Creator
Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1903
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: Peter Valentin asserts that none of these bjects are in the Mission ethnographical collection. they are all from the grassfields. The stools have no religious significance but are prestige objects for "big men" (PV 02.2002).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion
16.0 x 11.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m29591 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-7456
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m29591
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-7456.jpg
Subject
Losango (secret society)
Anthropomorphic representation
Bowl
Display
Fur
Mask
Mission exhibition
Objects
Palm leaf
Ritual object
Secret society
Statue
Stool
Wood carving
Zoomorphic representation
Time Period
1900/1903
Source
E-30.51.017; QE-30.004.0021; QE-30.004.0022; QE-30.012.0140; QU-30.002.0199 [Same image reference number]
E-30.51.034 [Reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. Religion, and anthropology miscellaneous. 51 a. Non-christian religion, fetish figures; b. Losango, Lela festival; c. Funeral ceremonies; e. Muslims, Hausas
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17549
impa-m29591; impa-m38971; impa-m38972; impa-m39701; impa-m49514
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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