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A box of sacrificial offerings has been placed in the house of a deceased relative, to put the spirit in a favourable mood. (In the box there are: eggs, bananas, a dead chicken etc.).

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Title	A box of sacrificial offerings has been placed in the house of a deceased relative, to put the spirit in a favourable mood. (In the box there are: eggs, bananas, a dead chicken etc.).
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Verwandte haben für den Geist des Verstorbenen ein Opferkästchen in seine Hütte gestellt, um den Geist günstig zu stimmen (im Kästchen sind: Eier, Bananen, totes Huhn etc.).
Subject (bmpixs)	ancestor worship banana box death ceremony egg poultry ritual ritual object sacrifice
Geographic subject (country)	Cameroon {modern state}
Coverage date	1935/1938
Photographer (bmpixn)	Mischler, Frieda (Ms)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1935/1938
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 4.0 x 5.5 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m30956
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-30.89.158
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-19878
Archival file	impa_Volume66/impa-abmpix-19878.tiff

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