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Title	Magic to protect the crops.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Feldzauber.
Description	Annotation translation: " ... with the sign that anyone stealing maize should get pneumonia. This medicine should cause a double pneumonia in any thief. This is indicated by there being two bundles of sharpened pieces of wood and feathers."; Annotation: " ... das Zeichen für Lungenentzündung beim Stehlen von Mais. Der Zauber soll beim Dieb doppelseitige Lungenentzündung hervorrufen, an- gedeutet durch die zwei Bündel von gespitzten Hölzchen u. Federn."; Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Subject (bmpixs)	agricultural scene larceny maize means of protection ritual object sacral place sickness
Geographic subject (country)	Cameroon {modern state}
Coverage date	1932/1938
Photographer (bmpixn)	Zürcher, Wilhelm (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1932/1938
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 10.9 x 8.1 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m30276
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-30.85.252
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-21152
Archival file	impa_Volume63/impa-abmpix-21152.tiff

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