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Object Number 30-2-50/13184.1.29
Display Title Witch doctor
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bamum / Sudanese / Central Cameroun / 30-2 (5 sheets) / N-21c,d;N-23: Bamum witch doctor. / (Schwab's numbers) / December, 1929"; written in ink on photograph: "N-23"
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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30-2-50/13184.1.25 Witch doctor
Cameroon
Witch doctor
30-2-50/13184.1.26 Witch doctor
Cameroon
Witch doctor with assistants
30-2-50/13184.1.27 Witch doctor with assistants
Cameroon
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
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30-2-50/13184.1.13 Ivory carvings and brass castings
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King Njoya
30-2-50/13184.1.17 King Njoya
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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
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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