Bakobngwan woman. Notice the furrow on her head caused by carrying heavy loads with a head-band. From their early years the girls, like their mothers, carry food from the fields home and to the market.

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Title	Bakobngwan woman. Notice the furrow on her head caused by carrying heavy loads with a head-band. From their early years the girls, like their mothers, carry food from the fields home and to the market.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Frau a. d. Bakobngwang. Beachte die Rille im Schädel vom Tragen schwerer Lasten am Tragband. Von früher Jugend an tragen die Mädchen mit d. Müttern die Feldfrüchte heim & auf den Markt.
Description	Note translation: With an axe on her shoulder. (PV 04.2002).; Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Subject (bmpixs)	agricultural production carrier f body shaping hoe portrait f head
Geographic subject (region)	Moghamo {region}
Coverage date	1934/1938
Photographer (bmpixn)	Weber, Karl Heinrich (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1934/1938
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 9.0 x 5.9 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m30829
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. People. Religion. 8b.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	E-30.89.024
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-20997
Archival file	impa_Volume66/impa-abmpix-20997.tiff

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Bakobngwan woman. Notice the furrow on her head caused by carrying heavy loads with a head-band. From their early years the girls, like their mothers, carry food from the fields home and to the market.

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