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Object Number
2004.24.8417
Display Title
Njoya's palace of modern buildings
Descriptions
Object Description
Nyoja's palace - modern building Bamum. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Man
- Floral
- Building
- Architecture
- palace
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Mum
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.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8418 | Market place before King Njoya's Palace |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.8420 | One of two old drums in king Njoya's palace |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.8437 | King Njoya's Orchestra |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.8423 | Crowd celebrating Christmas holiday outside Njoya's palace |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.8416 | Bamum King Njoya |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8421 | Njoya's musicians with fiddles |
Cameroon
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| 30-2-50/13184.1.17 | King Njoya |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8422 | Christmas crowd near palace |
Cameroon
| ||
| 34-161-60/16036.1.19 | Modern buildings showing Hong Kong hotel |
China
| ||
| 2004.24.8432 | Older type of Bamum hut |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8455B | Four wives of the chief, king, ruler, one with umbilical herniation |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8455A | Favorite wives of the king |
Cameroon
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