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Title
An elephant mask (embroidered with beads)
Elefantenmaske (Perlenstickerei)
Date Created and/or Issued
1918/1945
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: Cf. E-30.89.145.
Note translation: Cf. E-30.89.145. - From Bamileke. Now in the Museum of Cultures, Basel. (PV 04.2002).
Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
10.6 x 6.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m30942 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-21179
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m30942
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-21179.jpg
Subject
Beadwork
Elephant, representation of
Geometric decoration
Glass bead
Mask
Objects
Zoomorphic representation
Time Period
1918/1945
Source
E-30.89.144 [Reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. People. Religion. 8b
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17137
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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