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Title	Section cut through a termite hill, with two Africans.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Termitenhaufen durchschnitten mit zwei Negern.
Description	Note: Publiziert als Nr. 6 im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuenburg 1895. - Bildlegende im Album: "Durchschnitt eine Termitennestes. - Der Hauptfeind unserer Gebäude auf der Goldküste sind die Termiten (weisse Ameisen). Von ihren hügelartigen Nestern aus ziehen sie unterirdische Gänge bis in die Häuser, wo sie alles verfressen, was nicht hart genug ist um ihren Zähnen zu widerstehen. All unser Bauholz ist daher von dem Odumbaum, eine Art Eiche, gewonnen."; Note translation: Published as no 6 in the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuchâtel 1895. (RI). - Caption there: "Section of a termite nest. Termites (white ants) are the main enemy of our buildings on the Gold Coast. They make tunnels underground leading from their nest-hills into the houses and there they eat everything which is not hard enough to resist their teeth. As a result we use Odum for building, a sort of oak." - The French version of the album does not mention Odum wood and simply comments "nothing can resist their mandibles." (PJ 07.1998).
Subject (bmpixs)	man termitary
Geographic subject (country)	Ghana {modern state}
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, collodion; 15.1 x 11.4 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m25946
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. 21. Landscapes, agriculture, farming life gen. A. General farming life and cultivation of bananas, maize, yams, sugar cane; b. Coffee, cocoa; c. Palms (including oil palms; e. Landscape general (remainder category).
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	D-30.21.060
Same image reference number	QD-30.041.0105; QD-30.042.0006; QD-30.043.0006; QD-32.024.0004
References	impa-m38281; impa-m38303; impa-m38411; impa-m52866
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-5798
Archival file	impa_Volume46/impa-abmpix-5798.tiff

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