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Banganti and Bafusam huts, the type now being built in Bamum
Banganti and Bafusam huts, the type now being built in Bamum
Object Number 2004.24.8434
Display Title Banganti and Bafusam huts, the type now being built in Bamum
Descriptions
Object Description Banati & Bafusam huts, the type the Kings built in Banum. Have entirely replace the round hut of former Banum. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30.
Subject
  • Architecture
  • Hut
  • Ethnographic
  • Rural
  • Field
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bamileke
  • Bangangte
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Highlands
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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