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Title	Two daughters of the King: Martha Nambab and Martha Ndasa.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	2 Königstöchter Martha Nambab und Martha Ndasa.
Description	Note: "2 Königstöchter Martha Nambab, links, u. Martha Ndasa, rechts. Ein fröhliches Bildchen! Eng umschlungen stehen hier zwei schwarze Prinzesslein vor den Ruinen ihres väterlichen Palastes. Dass das schöne Gebäude mit den kunstvollen Schnitzereien duch Blitzschlag ein Raub der Flammen geworden ist, ficht die zwei Sorglosen wenig an! Fröhlich und zufrieden leben sie ihr junges Leben, stecken andere durch ihre Sorglosigkeit an und retten oft in der Schule durch ihren Frohsinn eine Situation, die ungemütlich werden will. Martha Nambab ist ein überaus zartempfindender Mensch, während Martha Ndasa fast etwas Knabenhaftes, derbes an sich hat! Letztere ist die Tochter einer Königsfrau, die mehreren Kindern das Leben gegeben hat, darum nahm der König der Mutter das junge Mädchen und gab es 'als Kind' einer kinderlosen Lieblingsfrau. Die rechtmässige Mutter hat nun ihr Kind gänzlich verloren, und das Mädchen hat es ohne Mühe gelernt die Lieblingsfrau 'Mutter' zu nennen und ihr 'mütterliche Rechte' einzuräumen." (Wuhrmann, A., 1917. Beschreibung zu den Lichtbildern aus Bamum. E-30-0,6).; Note translation: Two King s daughters, Martha Nambab and Martha Ndasa. A happy picture! Two little black princesses stand here with their arms round each other, in the background the ruins of their father s palace. The beautiful building with its well-carved pillars was burned down after being struck by lightning, but these two seem not to have a care in the world. They live out their young lives happy and content, tempt others to be just as careless as they are, and often save situations in school which promise to grow threatening by their sheer capacity for happiness. Martha Nambab is a quite sensitive person, but Martha Ndasa is robust and almost boylike. The latter is the daughter of a King s wife who has given birth to several children, so the King took this child from its mother and gave it to one of his favourite wives who was childless. The real mother had now lost her child completely and the girl learned, with no difficulty, to call the favourite wife Mother and to acknowledge her motherly authority. (A. Wuhrmann, 1917, Commentaries to Slides from Bamum, E-30-0,6. K 352).
Subject (bmpixs)	adornment hairstyle headgear portrait of two f princess textile pattern women's wear
Subject (personal name)	Nambab, Martha (princess); Ndasa, Martha (princess); Njoya* (daughter)
Geographic subject	Bamum {traditional state}; Bamum {people}
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Foumban {place}
Coverage date	1911/1915
Photographer (bmpixn)	Wuhrmann, Anna (Ms)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1911/1915
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 11.3 x 8.3 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m28719
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. Grasslands. Bamum. 1. Brothers and sons of the King. 2. Sisters and daughters of the King. 3. Ngutane, Njoya's oldest daughter, 4. Wives of the King.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	E-30.30.037
Same image reference number	QE-30.006.0083
References	impa-m39074
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-4288
Archival file	impa_Volume54/impa-abmpix-4288.tiff

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