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Object Number 2004.24.8437
Display Title King Njoya's Orchestra
Descriptions
Object Description King Njoya's orchestra. Banum. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30.
Subject
  • Drum
  • Percussion
  • Spear
  • Rural
  • Man
  • Musical
  • Orchestra
  • Soldier
  • Ethnographic
Department Photographic
Date 1930
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Mum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Highlands
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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