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Title	10. A fetish grove in the Grassfields in Cameroon.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	10. Fetischhain im Grasland Kameruns.
Description	Annotation translation: "The peoples of the Grassfields worship an invisible deity, Ndemsi, who lives in the earth. They build grass-roofed huts for this deity, in which they make offerings of food and drink. The peoples of the Grassfields also practice ancestor worship." "Vollbehr art postcards 'Cameroon'. " "Sales exclusively from the Basel Mission Bookshop, Duala, Cameroon." "House for the deity in a grove of the dead. Important people are not buried in the earth but bound to trees in a sitting position." [Handwritten note on the rear of the card].; Annotation: "Die Graslandneger verehren eine unsichtbare, in der Erde wohnende Gottheit, Ndemsi genannt. Dieser bauen sie Grashütten, in denen sie Speise- und Trankopfer darbringen. Ausser der Ndemsianbetung üben die Grasländer einen Ahnenkult." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'." - "Alleinvertrieb: Basler Missionshandlung, Duala (Kamerun)." - "Götterhaus im Totenhain. Die grossen Toten werden nicht in der Erde bestattet, sondern an oder auf Bäumen in hockender Haltung festgebunden. [Handschrift auf der Kartenrückseite]." (MS 03.1998).; Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr. - Von Prof. T. A. Freyvogel, Tropeninstitut Basel erhalten.; Note translation: "Original: water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr".; Stamped: "-- Mai 1975."
Subject (bmpixs)	death house fence painting sacral building sacral place sacral tree
Subject (bmpixn personal name)	Ndemsi (deity)
Geographic subject (region)	Grassfields/ Grasland {region}
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-m42806
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of miscellaneous collection	QQ-30.027: untitled
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	QQ-30.027.0072
Same image reference number	QE-30.017.0019
References	impa-m42806
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-25199
Archival file	impa_Volume117/impa-abmpix-25199.tiff

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