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Title
Ahnen-Tempel, China
Temple for the ancestors, China
Date Created and/or Issued
not after 1888-07-20
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: In einem Brief an das Komitee vom 20.07.1888 beschrieb Gustav Adolf Gussmann dieses Bild, übersetzte die Inschriften und erläuterte einige Symbole. (A-1.22,126).
Note translation: Gustav Adolf Gussmann comments on this picture in a letter to the Committee in Basel dated 20th July 1888, translating the inscriptions and explaining some of the symbols. (A-1.22,126).
Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, albumen
19.3 x 26.0 cm.
Identifier
impa-m32378 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-11668
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m32378
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-11668.jpg
Subject
Gussmann, Gustav Adolf (Mr)
Altar
Ancestor worship
Architectural art
Architectural view
Brickwork
Candleholder
Confucianism
Fish, representation of
Flower
Flowerpot
Inscription
Interior
Pillar
Tablet
Temple
Place
China
not after 1888-07-20
Source
QA-30.009.0029 [Reference number]
Relation
China. 1.a. China mission in general, c. Basel Mission, d. Towns, e. Life of the people (NB drawings 1.e.1-8 were moved into file Q-30.21), f. religion, g. China since 1914
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17641
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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