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Description
Annotation translation: "The chief's grave is made in front of his house, or even in the house itself. A vertical shaft is dug in the soil, about as deep as a man is tall. At the bottom a horizontal shaft is dug with enough space for seven people. When the grave is dug seven men must lay down in it, to show that it is big enough. The first corpse is laid in the grave, and the entrance from the vertical shaft walled up. At the next funeral the grave is reopened and the second corpse placed in it. And so on till the seventh corpse has been laid there. Each one buried is marked, on the surface, by a basalt obelisk." Annotation: "Das Häuptlingsgrab wird vor der Hütte angelegt, sonst in der Hütte & zwar in der Form, dass ein senkrechter Schacht etwa mannshoch in die Tiefe gegraben wird, von dessen Grund aus dann ein waagrechter Schacht mit Raum für 7 Personen vorgetrieben wird. Beim Ausheben des Grabes müssen 7 Männer sich hineinlegen, um zu sehen, ob der ausgegrabene Grabraum ausreichend ist. Die erste Leiche wird in den Schacht gelegt & das Loch gegen den senkrechten Schacht zugemauert. Bei der nächsten Beerdigung wird der Grabschacht wieder geöffnet & die 2. Leichen hineingeschoben, u.s.w. bis 7. Über dem Grab wird für jeden Beerdigten ein Basaltobelisk aufgestellt." Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 8.0 x 10.9 cm.
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