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Title
Headdress of a secret society dancer from Fumban. It portrays a crocodile
Kopfschmuck ein. Geheimbundtänzers a. Fumban, ein Krokodil darstellend (a. Glasperlen)
Date Created and/or Issued
1918/1945
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: "In the Colonial Museum in Hamburg."
Annotation: "A. d. Kolonial-Museum i. Hamburg."
Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
6.4 x 11.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m30944 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-21004
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m30944
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-21004.jpg
Subject
Beadwork
Crocodile, representation of
Geometric decoration
Glass bead
Mask
Objects
Secret society
Zoomorphic representation
Time Period
1918/1945
Place
Cameroon
Source
E-30.89.146 [Reference number]

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