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Title
Drum of death in front of a hut in Nyasoso
Totentrommel vor einer Hütte in Nyasoso
Creator
Leimenstoll, Johannes Immanuel (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1904
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)
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion
16.4 x 11.6 cm.
Identifier
impa-m29579 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-7454
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m29579
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-7454.jpg
Subject
Basket
Death ceremony
Musician m
Palm
Pot
Roundhouse
Talking drum
Type and material of construction
Indigenous African religions
Time Period
1900/1904
Place
Nyasoso
Source
E-30.51.022 [Reference number]
E-30.51.031; QE-32.015.0588 [Same image 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
impa-m29588; impa-m55428
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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