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Catalog Data

Photographer:
Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna, 1881-1971  Search this
Creator:
Njoya, Sultan of Bamoun, 1876?-1933  Search this
Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde Basel  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., monochrome, 15 x 10.5 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Bamun (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Cameroon
Cameroon -- West -- Noun -- Foumban
Date:
ca. 1994
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on recto reads: "Mandu, Nichte des Königs Njoya von Bamum, Kamerun / Mandu, nièce du roi Njoya, Cameroun."
Translated caption reads: "Mandu, niece of King Njoya of Bamum, Cameroon."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Foto: Anna Wuhrmann, um 1912 (III 524) / © Museum für Völkerkunde Basel / 94/1 Best. Nr. 2590."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CM-05-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Body arts  Search this
Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this
Costume -- Africa  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 1995-037-0002
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74f310c59-7975-4d9d-89d4-19e32e8b4786
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref3568