Basel Mission Archives

Basel Mission Archives
"10. A suspension bridge over a forest river."
Title:
"10. A suspension bridge over a forest river."
Alternate title:
[translation] 10. A suspension bridge over a forest river.
[original caption] 10. Hängebrücke über einen Urwaldfluss.
Ref. number:
QE-30.017.0011
Creator:
Basler Missionshandlung, %Duala, %%Cameroon (publisher / distributor)
Date:
Proper date: 1912
Acquisition year: 1985
Description:
[Original text]: "Die Eingeborenen bauen aus Lianenwurzeln Hängebrücken
über die Flüsse. Diese müssen oft hoch in den Bäumen angebracht werden,
damit der Mittelpunkt zur Regenzeit, wenn die Flüsse hoch angeschwollen
sind, nicht ins Wasser taucht." - "Vollbehr Küns
Subject:
[Institutions]: B: Basler Missionshandlung, %Duala, %%Cameroon (publisher
/ distributor)
[Photographers / Photo Studios]: B: Basler Missionshandlung, %Duala,
Basel Mission Archives
%%Cameroon (publisher / distributor)
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}
[Themes]: music - art and literature: art: painting
[Themes]: environment: physical environment: river: river scene
[Themes]: travel and transport: infrastructure: bridge: suspension bridge
[Archives catalogue]: Images: QE: QE-30: QE-30.017 - untitled
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 8.8 x 13.8 cm
[Support]: 17.1 x 22.8 cm
[Process]: print & letterpress halftone & colour (HD)
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Special format]: postcard
Relation:
[Same image]: QQ-30.027.0071
Ordering:
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Contact details:
Basel Mission Archives/ mission 21, Missionstrasse 21, 4003 Basel, tel. (+41
61 260 2232), fax: (+41 61 260 2268), [email protected]
Rights:
All the images (photographic and non- photographic) made available in this
collection are the property of the Basel Mission / mission 21. The Basel
Mission claims copyright on the images in their possession and requires
those - both individuals and organisations - publishing any of the images, to
pay a users fee.