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Title	Boy with a bunch of palm-nuts.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	Knabe mit einer Palmfrucht.
Description	Note: Veröffetnlicht (Perregaux 1906: 57) - Als Nr. 14 publiziert im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuenburg 1895. - Bildlegende im Album: "Eine Ölpalme. - Diese Palme, die millionenweise auf der Goldküste zu finden it, trägt am Ausgang der Zweige eine grosse konische Frucht, wie der junge Mann sie trägt; sie enthält eine grosse Anzahl kleiner rother Nüsse, aus welchen die Eingeborenen durch Sieden und Stampfen das Palmöl gewinnen. Es ist dies ein wichtiger Hanelsartikel, aus dem in Europa Kerzen und Seife fabriziert werden."; Note translation: Published (Perregaux 1906: 57) - Published as no 14 in the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuchâtel 1895. (RI). - Caption there: "An oil palm. This variety of palm, which you can find in its millions on the Gold Coast, grows its large conical fruit at the foot of its branches. The young man is carrying such a fruit. It contains a large number of small red nuts out of which the indigenous people obtain palm oil through a process which involves boiling and pounding. Palm oil is an important commodity in trade. In Europe people make candles and soap from it."
Subject (bmpixs)	adolescent m dog oil palm palm kernel
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, albumen; 17.2 x 12.0 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m25923
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-30.21.037
Same image reference number	QD-30.042.0014; QD-30.043.0013
References	impa-m38311; impa-m38418
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-5825
Archival file	impa_Volume46/impa-abmpix-5825.tiff

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