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Description
Annotation translation: "Commentary to B.579 (photograph from the year 1939). The focus of religious reverence for the muslims in Sampit: two small canons under a tree. An official placed them there once, and they are now regarded as a source of power to help cope with all kinds of need and suffering. The wooden carving, especially visible in (b) is part of this holy place." Annotation: "Erklärung zu B.579 (Aufnahmen a. d. Jahr 1939). Das Dorfheiligtum der Mohammedaner in Sampit: 2 kleine Kanonen, unter einem Baum, die ein Beamter einst dort aufgestellen liess & die nun Kraftmittel geworden sind für alle möglichen Leiden & Nöte. Das hölzerne Schnitzwerk, besonders gut sichtbar auf b), gehört dazu." Note: Besonders gut sichtbar auf B-30.65.092. (MC 08.1999). Note translation: Especially well depicted in B-30.65.092. (MC 08.1999). Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 6.5 x 9.6 cm.
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