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Title
11. A European has pitched his tent in the village of Mburuku- Kentlu
11. Europäerzelt im Dorf Mburuku-Kentlu
Creator
Basler Mission Trading Company, Duala, Cameroon (publisher / distributor)
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
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
Annotation translation: "The artist's tent stands among the round Bakossi huts built from termite-proof trunks of tree-ferns. The village lies about 1,000m high on the slopes of Manenguba." - "Vollbehr Art Postcards, Cameroon."
Annotation: "Zwischen den kreisrunden, aus ameisensicheren Farnbaumstämmen erbauten Bakosihütten steht das Zelt des Malers. Das Dorf liegt ca. 1000m hoch am Abhang des Manengubagebirges." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'."
Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr.
Note translation: The original was a water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr.
Type
image
Format
print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD)
postcard, 8.8 x 13.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m39797 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-25124
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m39797
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-25124.jpg
Subject
Vollbehr, Ernst (Mr)
Painter
Painting
Tent
Village view
Time Period
1912
Place
Bakossi
mountain ranges: Manenguba (mountain range)
Mboraku
Source
QE-30.017.0024 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17648
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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