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Object Number
2004.24.8420
Display Title
One of two old drums in king Njoya's palace
Descriptions
Object Description
One of two old drums in King Njoya's palace. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30.
Subject
- Sculpture
- Man
- Musical
- Decoration
- Drum
- Anthropomorphic
- Percussion
Department
Photographic
Date
1930
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.)
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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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| 2004.24.8437 | King Njoya's Orchestra |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8417 | Njoya's palace of modern buildings |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8416 | Bamum King Njoya |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8423 | Crowd celebrating Christmas holiday outside Njoya's palace |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8421 | Njoya's musicians with fiddles |
Cameroon
| ||
| 30-2-50/13184.1.17 | King Njoya |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8475 | Man sitting behind a line of carved, decorated drums |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8823 | Tuabo clan, town drums |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.26872 | 3 men, one with basket, two with long drums |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.24.8455B | Four wives of the chief, king, ruler, one with umbilical herniation |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6908A | Man standing behind two drums |
Cameroon
|