Basel Mission Archives

Basel Mission Archives
"Last sign of the 'era of the knife'! A poor woman who, as a young girl in 1871, had her
nose, ears and lips cut by order of the Queen Mother of the king, Afua Kube, all because
of a mistake."
Title:
"Last sign of the 'era of the knife'! A poor woman who, as a young girl in
1871, had her nose, ears and lips cut by order of the Queen Mother of the
king, Afua Kube, all because of a mistake."
Alternate title:
[translation] Last sign of the 'era of the knife'! A poor woman who, as a
young girl in 1871, had her nose, ears and lips cut by order of the Queen
Mother of the king, Afua Kube, all because of a mistake.
[original caption] Dernier vestige de l'ère du couteau! Pauvre malheureuse
qui en 1871, comme jeune fille, par suite d'une faute grave, eut le nez, les
oreilles et les lèvres coupées par ordre de la reine ou mère du roi Afoua
Koube.
Ref. number:
QD-30.044.0067
Date:
Proper date: 1908
Description:
[Original text]: "Photographiée 1908."
[English: "Photo taken in 1908."]
Basel Mission Archives
Subject:
[Individuals]: A: Afua Kube (queen mother)
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Canary Islands {region}
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}
[Geography]: Europe {continent}: Portugal {modern state}: Madeira (island)
{other geogr names}
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Sierra Leone {modern state}
[Archives catalogue]: Images: QD: QD-30: QD-30.044 - untitled
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 16.5 x 11.7 cm
[Process]: b/w positive & paper print & gelatin-silver
Relation:
[Same image]: D-30.18.062, QD-32.024.0250
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