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Object Number 2004.24.27700
Display Title African Monarch with Council of Elders. Bamum Tribe.
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1977
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Mum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Highlands
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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