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Note: "Palmweinzieher. Der vornehme Herr in Bamum lebt nur seinem Vergnügen. Er geht spazieren, reitet aus, liegt der fröhlichen Jagd ob, oder vertreibt sich die Zeit mit Nichtstun, mit Rauchen und Palmwein trinken! Der Palmwein ist der Saft der Palme, der leicht gewonnen werden kann. Oben, wo die Palmenblätter ansetzen, wird die Palme angebohrt und unter das Bohrloch eine kleine Kürbisflasche gebunden. Langsam tropft der beinahe milchweisse Palmsaft in das untergebundene Gefäss. Neuer Palmwein schmeckt süss, wie unvergorener Traubensaft, aber schnell gährt er im tropischen Klima und ist dann berauschend. Das Gewinnen des Palmweins ist Sklavenarbeit. Nicht ungefährlich ist das Erklettern des hohen astlosen Schaftes, und schon mancher Palmweinzieher ist bei seiner gefahrvollen Arbeit zu Tode gestürzt oder durch einen tiefen und schweren Fall zum hilflosen Krüppel geworden." (Wuhrmann, A., 1917. Beschreibung zu den Lichtbildern aus Bamum. E-30-0,6). Note translation: "The Palm wine tapper. The distinguished gentleman in Bamum can live for his own pleasure. He goes for walks, goes riding, hunts, or fills his time with idleness, with smoking, and with drinking palm wine. Palm wine is the sap of the palm, and is easy to collect. Up there where the palm fronds join the trunk people make a hole and tie on a small calabash. The palm sap is almost milky-white and drips slowly into the vessel tied on to receive it. Palm wine tastes sweet when it is new, like non-fermented grape juice. But fermentation soon starts in this tropical climate, and then it becomes intoxicating. Palm wine is collected by slaves. Climbing the high vertical trunk of a palm tree is somewhat dangerous. Many palm wine tappers have fallen to their deaths or been reduced to the life of a helpless cripple. (A. Wuhrmann, 1917, Commentaries on Slides from Bamum, E-30-0,6 K385).
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image
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b/w positive, paper print, collodion 11.0 x 8.0 cm.
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