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Crowd celebrating Christmas holiday outside Njoya's palace
Crowd celebrating Christmas holiday outside Njoya's palace
Object Number 2004.24.8423
Display Title Crowd celebrating Christmas holiday outside Njoya's palace
Descriptions
Object Description Xmas holiday crowd near Palace Bamum. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
  • Musical
  • Drum
  • String
  • Building
  • Percussion
  • Man
  • Ethnographic
  • Instrument
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.)

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