A sacrificial altar attached to a tree. People sacrifice produce here and pray to the spirits or to the dead, so that the spirits of illness may pass by without doing any harm Opferaltar an einem Baum. Hier werden Früchte geopfert, damit die Krankheitsgeister vorübergehen möchten; dabei wird zu den Geistern oder Toten gebetet
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Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 7.4 x 5.5 cm.
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