The River Mbam in Bamum.

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Title	The River Mbam in Bamum.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Der Mbamfluss in Bamum.
Description	Note: "Mbamfluss. Der Bamumstamm wird im Süden und im Norden von zwei mächtigen Strömen begrenzt, dem Mbam und dem Nun. Der Mbam ist der nördliche Grenzstrom der das Land der Bamum vom Gebiet des Tikarlandes trennt. Er führt, besonders in der Regenzeit, viel rauschendes Wasser mit sich und das Passieren eines solchen Gewässers ist für den Reisenden kein grosses Vergnügen! Brücken sind natürlich keine vorhanden und der Verkehr zwischen beiden Ufern wird mühsam mittels einer recht primitiven Fähre bewerkstelligt. Diese Fähre ist ein etwa 20 Meter langer, schmaler, ausgehöhlter Baumstamm, die der Fährmann mit einer langen Palmrippe ans jenseitige Ufer hinüber leitet. Die grossen Ströme in Kamerun sind dicht bevölkert von allerlei Getier. Das gefrässige Krokodil wohnt da in hellen Scharen und führt beständig siegreichen Krieg mit den Fischen und kleinen Wassertieren. Schwerfällig schwimmt die breite und grosse Wasserschildkröte bald an der Oberfläche, bald in der Tiefe des Wassers und überaus possierlich sind die Spiele, die die plumpe Flusspferdmutter mit ihren Jungen macht. Uralter, rauschender Wald hüllt den Strom mit seinen Bewohnern ein wie ein Geheimnis, das niemand erforschen soll!" (Wuhrmann, A., 1917. Beschreibung zu den Lichtbildern aus Bamum. E-30-0,6).; Note translation: "The Mbam River. The Bamum tribe has two mighty rivers as its borders in the north and the south, the Mbam and the Nun. The Mbam River marks the northern border which separates Bamum from the Tikar lands. Especially in the rainy season it is a big and powerful stream, and crossing it is no püicnic. Naturally there are no bridges, so the traffic from one bank to the other has to use a primitive ferry - a narrow 20 m. Dug- out. The ferryman uses the rib of a plam tree to push his craft across the fiver. The large rivers in Cameroon are thickly populated by animals. There are many crocdiles which carry on a successful war with the fishes and the other smaller acquatic animals. The turtle, broad and long, swims now on the surface, now in the depths.....hippopotomus mothers play amusing games with their babies. The banks are covered by an ancient whispering wood which makes a kind of barrier separating the river as if it is a secret thing which no-one may research." (A. Wuhrmann, 1917, "Commentaries on Slides from Bamum", K.380).
Subject (bmpixs)	river scene
Geographic subject	rivers: Mbam (river) {other geogr names}
Geographic subject (region)	Bamum {region}
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, gelatin-silver; 8.0 x 11.2 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m28961
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. Panorama of Fumban, town walls, town gates. 2. Compounds in Fumban. 3. Economy. 4. Markets. 5. Craftsmen and artists. 6. Hausas in Bamum. 7. Landscape.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	E-30.33.069
Same image reference number	QE-30.006.0004
References	impa-m38995
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-3887
Archival file	impa_Volume59/impa-abmpix-3887.tiff

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