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Title	The indigenous chief of Obomeng.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Chef indigene d'Obomeng.
Description	Note: Als Nr. 40 publiziert im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer.' Neuenburg 1895. (RI). - Bildlegende im Album: "40. - Abankwa, der Häuptling von Obomeng. Abankwa, einer der gescheidtesten Häuptlinge von Okwawu, hat eine Vorliebe für europäische Hüte, besonders für Cylinder. Ist dieser zu gross, so hilft er sich dadurch, dass er ein Taschentuch um den Kopf bindet. Er trägt ein in Asante sehr beliebtes Landeskleid, welches mit allerhand eingewobenen Zeichnungen verziert ist. Abankwa sitzt unter seinem grossen bunten Schirm, das Zeichen seiner Häuptlingswürde."; Note translation: Published as no 40 in the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer' (= Eighty pictures of the Goldcoast (West Africa) by the missionary Fritz Ramseyer) Neuchâtel 1895. - Caption in the album: "Abankwa, chief of Obomeng. - Abankwa is one of the most intelligent chiefs of Kwahu. He loves european headgear, especially top-hats. If the top-hat is too big for him he solves the problem by binding a handkerchief around his head. He is wearing the kind of locally-produced cloth which is much loved in Asante and is decorated with many different signs which are woven into it. Abankwa sits under his large coloured umbrella, a sign of his dignity as chief." - There must be other possible explanations for Abankwa's head-scarf (PJ 7/98).
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Obomeng {place}
Coverage date	1888/1895
Photographer (bmpixn)	Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1888/1895
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 16.8 x 11.9 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m38338
Part of album	QD-30.042: untitled
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	QD-30.042.0041
Same image reference number	QD-30.041.0102; QD-30.043.0041; QD-32.024.0034
References	impa-m38338; impa-m38446; impa-m52896
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-17319
Archival file	impa_Volume100/impa-abmpix-17319.tiff

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