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Hut for making offerings to the dead in north-western Cameroon. Inside is a lifesize doll with the clothes and the hat of the deceased, and with his pipe in its mouth

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Title: Hut for making offerings to the dead in north-western Cameroon. Inside is a lifesize doll with the clothes and the hat of the deceased, and with his pipe in its mouth
Toten-Opferhütte in N.W. Kamerun, im Innern eine lebensgrosse Puppe mit d. Kleidern u. d. Hut d. Verstorbenen u. dessen Tabakspfeife im Mund
Date Created and/or Issued: 1910-11-01/1910-11-30
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: "Reise Bilder von Miss. Busse [Bufe?] u. G. Spellenberg 1910 Nov. nach Keyaga-Banyang im N. W. Kamerun." (E-30-0,4).
Note translation: "Photographs from the journey made by the missionaries Busse [Bufe?] and G. Spellenberg to Keyaga-Banyang in N-W. Cameroon." (E-30-0,4).
Type: image
Format: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
11.6 x 8.5 cm.
Identifier: impa-m29572 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-4823
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m29572
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-4823.jpg
Subject: Ancestor worship
Anthropomorphic representation
Death ceremony
Dummy m
Gift
Sacrifice
Type and material of construction
Indigenous African religions
Time Period: 1910-11-01/1910-11-30
Place: Keyaga-Banyang
Source: E-30.51.015 [Reference number]
Relation: Cameroon. Religion, and anthropology miscellaneous. 51 a. Non-christian religion, fetish figures; b. Losango, Lela festival; c. Funeral ceremonies; e. Muslims, Hausas
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17549
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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