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Title	Ceremony in front of the chief's palace.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Spiel vor dem Häuptlingspalast.
Description	Note: "Yu-yu-play, Pidgin." (Mündliche Mitteilung von Ch. Geary, ca. 06.1995).; Note translation: "Known in pidgin as the 'Yu-yu play'." (Oral information from C.M. Geary, 06.1995). - NB here and in the adjacent captions the German word "Spiel" (= literally "game") is difficult to translate, but may well refer to a quasi-military ceremony with music, a usage for "Spiel" which is known in German. (PJ 04.2001). - Event with European presence (see the table in the entrance (PV 02.2002). - NB the version of this key image at QE-32.0065 is of much better quality (PJ 07.2002).
Subject (bmpixs)	architectural art ceremony event festival horse palace pillar porch rider m thatched roof type and material of construction wall decoration zoomorphic representation
Geographic subject	Bamum {traditional state}; Bamum {people}
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Foumban {place}
Coverage date	1906/1911
Photographer (bmpixn)	Göhring, Martin (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1906/1911
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, collodion; 11.5 x 16.6 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m28780
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of official series	Cameroon. Grasslands. Bamum. 1. Palace and its organisation, members of staff; 2. Palace festivals, 3. Palace and other royal buildings.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	E-30.31.025
Same image reference number	QE-32.009.0065
References	impa-m53547
Rights	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.
Access conditions	Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
Repository name	mission21
Repository address	mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+4161 260 23 09), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Repository email	info@bmpix.org
Filename	impa-abmpix-4640
Archival file	impa_Volume54/impa-abmpix-4640.tiff

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