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Object Number 30-2-50/13184.1.27
Display Title Witch doctor with assistants
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bamum / Sudanese / Central Cameroun / 30-2 (5 sheets) / N-21c,d;N-23: Bamum witch doctor. / N-22a: Same, with assistants / (Schwab's numbers) / December, 1929"; written in ink on photograph: "N-22a"
Department Photographic
Date December 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 × 5.715 cm (2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)

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Witch doctor's assistants
30-2-50/13184.1.15 Witch doctor's assistants
Cameroon
Witch doctor's assistants
30-2-50/13184.1.16 Witch doctor's assistants
Cameroon
Media Restricted
30-2-50/13184.1.29 Witch doctor
Cameroon
Media Restricted
30-2-50/13184.1.25 Witch doctor
Cameroon
Witch doctor
30-2-50/13184.1.26 Witch doctor
Cameroon
Ivory carvings and brass castings
30-2-50/13184.1.13 Ivory carvings and brass castings
Cameroon
King Njoya
30-2-50/13184.1.17 King Njoya
Cameroon
Two women
30-2-50/13184.1.18 Two women
Cameroon
Bead covered objects
30-2-50/13184.1.2 Bead covered objects
Cameroon
Group of men with musical instruments
30-2-50/13184.1.1 Group of men with musical instruments
Cameroon
Textile with hand inked-in design
30-2-50/13184.1.3 Textile with hand inked-in design
Cameroon
Carved ivory and horn
30-2-50/13184.1.10 Carved ivory and horn
Cameroon