Bakobngwan woman. Notice the furrow on her head caused by carrying heavy loads with a head-band. From their early years the girls, like their mothers, carry food from the fields home and to the market Frau a. d. Bakobngwang. Beachte die Rille im Schädel vom Tragen schwerer Lasten am Tragband. Von früher Jugend an tragen die Mädchen mit d. Müttern die Feldfrüchte heim & auf den Markt
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Note translation: With an axe on her shoulder. (PV 04.2002). Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
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image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 9.0 x 5.9 cm.
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