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Title	Raft crossing the river Berem.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Bac traversant le Bérem.
Description	Note: Als Nr. 34 publiziert im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuenburg 1895. - Bildlegende im Album: "Fähre über den Berem (Akem). - Dieser Fluss, ein Zufluss des Prah, ist an gewissen Stellen sehr tief. Um hinüber zu fahren haben die Eingeborenen eine eigentümliche Fähre gebaut. Es ist ein Floss, aus welchem drei dicke Arme hervorragen hinter welchen eine Schlingpflanze, die an beiden Ufern befestigt ist, läuft. Infolge der Strömung können die Leute mit geringer Mühe das Floss von einem Ufer zum andern ziehen."; Note translation: Published as no 34 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: "Ferry crossing the Berem (Akem). - This river, a tributary of the Prah, is very deep in places. The natives have built a remarkable ferry in order to cross it. It is a raft with three thick branches standing up, behind which a creeper runs. The creeper is fastened on both banks. Using the current the people can pull the raft from one bank to the other with little difficulty."
Subject (bmpixs)	forest raft river crossing
Geographic subject	rivers: Berem (river) {other geogr names}
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; 12.0 x 16.6 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m38440
Part of album	QD-30.043: 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-30.043.0035
Same image reference number	QD-30.042.0035; QD-32.024.0028
References	impa-m38440; impa-m52890
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-17373
Archival file	impa_Volume100/impa-abmpix-17373.tiff

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