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Description
Annotation translation: "Many strange and varied hairdoes are seen among the women of South Cameroon, often in the form of a [gorgon-like] helmet of caterpillars decorated with cowry shells. Often the hair is arranged in many little plaits which stand away from the head." "Vollbehr Art Postcards, Cameroon." "Sales exclusively from the Basel Mission Bookshop, Duala, Cameroon." Annotation: "Man sieht bei den Frauen in Südkamerun die eigenartigsten Haartrachten, oft in Form von Raupenhelmen mit Kaurimuscheln verziert oft ist das Haar in viele kleine abstehende Zöpfchen gewickelt." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'." - "Alleinvertrieb: Basler Missionshandlung, Duala (Kamerun)." Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr. - Von Prof. T. A. Freyvogel, Tropeninstitut Basel erhalten. Note translation: "Original: water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr". Stamped: "-- Mai 1975."
Type
image
Format
print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD) postcard, 13.8 x 8.8 cm.
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