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Title	Tuke and Mowue, 2 of the King's Wives, playing the guitar.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Tuke und Mowue (2 Frauen des Königs) Guitarren spielend.
Description	Note: "2. Königsfrauen Mowue, Tuke Guitarre spielend. Unser Häuptling Nzoya widmet manche Mussestunde der Musik. Er ist selbst Komponist, und auf die Frage, was er denn komponiere, sagt er: 'Es sind Loblieder auf meine Mutter [letzten 4 Worte unterstrichen] und Kriegslieder [Wort unterstrichen], die ich mir ausdenke.' Unser Völklein hat etliche Arten von Musikinstrumenten, am beliebtesten ist das hübsche Saiteninstrument, das einen ausserordentlichen weichen, beinahe wehmütig singenden Ton hat. Musikbegabte Königsfrauen- und Töchter erhalten von eingeborenen 'Tonkünstlern' gründlichen Unterricht, und des Königs Antlitz leuchtet, wenn einige seiner Lieblingsfrauen sich melden lassen mit dem Wunsch seiner Majestät ein Ständchen zu bringen. Er beobachtet dann kritischen Auges die Haltung des Körpers u. des Instruments. Er lobt oder tadelt den Anschlag, korrigiert den Takt und das Tempo, freut sich besonders, wenn ihm Stücke vorgetragen werden, die er selbst komponiert hat und ist ganz glücklich, wenn er die spielenden Frauen loben und belohnen kann." (Wuhrmann, A., 1917. Beschreibung zu den Lichtbildern aus Bamum. E-30-0,6).; Note translation: Two King s wives, Mowue and Tuke, playing the guitar. Our chief Njoya devotes many leisure hours to music. He composes music himself and if you ask him what he composes he replies I think out songs of praise to my mother, and war-songs . Our small people here has different sorts of musical instrument, and the most loved one is a pretty-looking stringed instrument which produces an extraordinarily soft, almost sad, tone like a singing voice. King s wives and king s daughters who have musical gifts are given thorough instruction and teaching by indigenous musicians, and the King s face lights up when some of his favourite wives turn up with the wish to play him music. He watches their posture and their handling of the instrument with a critical eye. He praises or criticises their intonation, corrects the rhythm and the speed, and is delighted when pieces are played to him which he has composed himself. When he feels he can praise and reward his musician-wives he is totally happy. (A. Wuhrmann, 1917, Commentaries to Slides from Bamum, E-30-0,6. K 347).
Subject (bmpixs)	headgear king's wife musical instrument musician f portrait of two f thatched roof women's wear
Subject (personal name)	Mowue (Mrs); Tuke (Mrs)
Geographic subject	Bamum {traditional state}; Bamum {people}
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Foumban {place}
Coverage date	1911/1915
Photographer (bmpixn)	Wuhrmann, Anna (Ms)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1911/1915
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, collodion; 8.2 x 11.2 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m28746
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. Brothers and sons of the King. 2. Sisters and daughters of the King. 3. Ngutane, Njoya's oldest daughter, 4. Wives of the King.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	E-30.30.064
Same image reference number	QE-30.006.0068
References	impa-m39059
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-3819
Archival file	impa_Volume54/impa-abmpix-3819.tiff

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