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Title	Mbembe scapegoat.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Der Sühnebock der Mbembe.
Description	Annotation translation: "It is the custom in Mbembe that evey year the village elders take a sheep, a goat or a dog and sacrifice it to the ancestors. The animal is placed on the village square, the elders come and lay their own guilt, what they have done wrong, on the animal. The animal is then led out of the village and hung up on a tree. If, in its death-struggles, the animal looks back into the village, the guilt has not been requited. But if it looks away into the forest or the bush, then these sins have been forgiven, and the ancestors are satisfied again. If they do not accept the sacrifice, however - if the animal looks back into the village - a second sacrifice must be made. [Missionary] work is especially hard in Mbembe." - "Printed in the Wanderer, 1938/2."; Annotation: "Im Mbembe ist es Sitte, dass die Dorfältesten alle Jahre einmal ein Schaf, eine Ziege oder einen Hund nehmen & die Tiere den Ahnen opfern. Das Tier wird auf den Dorfplatz gestellt, die Dorfältesten kommen & legen ihre Schuld, das was sie begangen haben, auf das Tier. Dieses wird vor das Dorf geführt & lebendig aufgehängt an einem Baum. Schaut das Tier mit seinem Kopf im Todeskampfe wieder in das Dorf zurück, so ist die Schuld nicht gesühnt, schaut es aber vom Dorf weg in den Wald, oder in den Busch, so ist die Schuld der Dorfbewohner vergeben, die Ahnen sind wieder zufrieden. Wenn aber das Opfer nicht angenommen wird, d.h. wenn das Tier in's Dorf zurückschaut, so muss ein zweites Tier geopfert werden. Die Arbeit unter den Mbembe ist besonders schwer." - "Cl. Wanderer 1938/2."; Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Subject (bmpixs)	ancestor worship animal sacral place sacrifice
Geographic subject	Mbembe {people}
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 8.0 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m30285
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-30.85.261
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-21154
Archival file	impa_Volume63/impa-abmpix-21154.tiff

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