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Title	A 'soul', a person dedicated to the King of Asante. The round plate on the chest is made of gold, the string is white.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Eine 'Seele' (ein dem König Geweihter) des Asante Königs. Die runde Platte auf der Brust ist aus Gold, der Faden ist weiss.
Description	Annotation translation: "No. 48 of 69: 'The King's soul'." - "Kumase".; Annotation: "Nr. 48 in 69: 'L' Ame du Roi'." - "Kumase."; Identity of photographer questionable.; Note translation: Contradictory data: in (D-30-0,1) Abetifi is given as place and Ramseyer as photographer by TG (1988). According to the older writing however Missionary Piton is the photographer. (PST). - "This photograph is an excellent 'studio' portrait of a young man who was a member of the royal akradwarefo. He is wearing his insignia of office, the akrafokommu, a 'large circle of gold suspended from the neck'. The subject is deliberately posed against a background which shows red ochre bas-relief to very good effect." (McCaskie, 1975). - NB Piton was a China missionary who seems to have had some photographs from other parts of the world which were eventually handed over to the archive (PJ 04.2001).
Subject (bmpixs)	adornment cloth necklace portrait m textile pattern wall decoration
Geographic subject	Ashanti {traditional state}
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Abetifi {place}; Kumase {place}
Coverage date	1888/1908
Photographer (bmpixn)	Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1888/1908
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, albumen; cut-out, 15.7 x 12.0 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m25810
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of official series	"Gold Coast. 18. Kumase, non-mission. A. Government and army, c. Sportsfield, d. Railway, e. Modern buildings, f. Indigenous buildings, and people, g. Chiefs and their followers, h. Ex-king Prempeh, in exile, j. Nature.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	D-30.18.071
Same image reference number	QD-30.020.0048
References	impa-m37662
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-5774
Archival file	impa_Volume46/impa-abmpix-5774.tiff

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