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Title	4. The palace of Njoja and the Basel Mission Church.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	4. Der Palast Njojas und die Basler Missionskirche.
Description	Annotation translation: "The palace is 81.60.m wide and 150 m. long. The palace is, like the church, made of the ribs of the leaves of the raphia palm and swish. The Basel Mission Church was built by 1000 natives in one day. In the foreground a fetish drum." - "Vollbehr Art Postcard, Cameroon."; Annotation: "Der Palast ist 81,60m breit und 150m lang. Derselbe ist, wie auch die Kirche, aus den Blattrippen der Raphiapalmen und ungebranntem Lehm erbaut. Die Basler Missionskirche ist von 1000 Eingeborenen an einem Tage erbaut worden. Im Vordergrunde liegt eine Götzentrommel." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'."; Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr.; Note translation: The original was a water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr.
Subject (bmpixs)	architectural view church painting palace talking drum
Subject (bmpixn personal name)	Njoya (king)
Geographic subject	Bamum {traditional state}
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Foumban {place}
Coverage date	1912
Photo studio (bmpixn)	Basler Mission Trading Company, Duala, Cameroon (publisher / distributor)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1912
Type	images
Format	print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD); postcard, 8.8 x 13.8 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m39782
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of miscellaneous collection	QE-30.017: untitled
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	QE-30.017.0009
Same image reference number	QQ-30.027.0057; QE-30.017.0008
References	impa-m42791; impa-m54896
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-25114
Archival file	impa_Volume104/impa-abmpix-25114.tiff

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