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Title	Banso Chief.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Banso-Häuptling.
Description	Annotation translation: "Banso chief. He is one of the biggest chiefs in the Grassfields and has 300 wives of his own. In this picture he sits on a king's stool, carved from a single piece of wood. The leopards symbolise power. No subject of the chief's may sit on such a stool. This man favours the Basel Mission. At first however, he mistrusted them, after his earlier experiences with the Catholics. Rev. Zürcher understood how to win his trust. He maintained close contact with him, told him exactly what he would be preaching to his people, and, after every journey [in Banso], he reported in detail to the King what he had experienced."; Annotation: "Banso-Häuptling. Er ist einer der grössten Häuptlinge des Graslandes & hat 300 eigene Frauen. Hier sitzt er auf einem Königsstuhl, der aus einem einzigen Stück geschnitzt ist. Die Leopardenfiguren sind Zeichen der Stärke. Kein Untertane darf auf einem solchen Stuhl sitzen. Der Mann ist der Basler Mission wohlwollend gesinnt. - Er war anfänglich der Mission gegenüber sehr misstrauisch auf Grund der Erfahrungen, die er mit den Katholiken gemacht hatte. Missionar Zürcher verstand es, sein Vertrauen zu gewinnen, indem er sich ganz zu ihm stellte, ihm mitteilte, was er in seinem Volk verkündigen wolle und nach jeder Reise ihm Bericht erstattete, was er auf seiner Reise erlebt hatte."; Note translation: Probably carved in Babanki (PV 03.2002).; Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Subject (bmpixs)	adornment chief m folding chair headgear leopard, representation of men's wear portrait m stool wood carving zoomorphic representation
Geographic subject	Banso {people}; Bui {division}
Coverage date	1932/1937
Photographer (bmpixn)	Zürcher, Wilhelm (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1932/1937
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 10.8 x 8.1 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m30143
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. Land, people, religion. 5 Photographs by Zürcher. A) Land, nature, plants, animals, landscapes, places; b) the life of the people; c) religion.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	E-30.85.119
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-21131
Archival file	impa_Volume63/impa-abmpix-21131.tiff

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