WHI Bleek's membership diploma for the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistory. Greyscale copy

WHI Bleek's membership diploma for the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistory. Greyscale copy

Other Documents

Ink on paper

1872

certificates and other records (concerning WHI Bleek), Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology, and Prehistory, membership diploma, Wilhelm Bleek's

The Deetz Catalogue (i.e., the 'Family Collection') transcription reads '[...]Die Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte Gegründet 1869 bekundet hierdurch dass sie in ihrer Sitzung vom 13ten Juni 1872 Dr. Bleek, zu Cape Town zum correspondierenden Mitgliede erwählt hat. Berlin, den 6ten Juli 1872. Vorsitzender: Rud. Sinnov [?] Stellvertreter: M. Bastian A Bally [?] Schriftführer: Rob Hartmann Schatzmeister: Deegen 16 x 14½ inches. Rolled. Certificate presented to Wilhelm Bleek when he was appointed Hon. Member of the Berlin Society of Anthropologists & Ethnologists, 13 June 1872. Carries original signatures of the Society's office bearers.'

220mm x 303mm