cover image: Bamum: three representatives of the people, in Cameroon

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Bamum: three representatives of the people, in Cameroon

1913

Three representatives of the Bamum people, at the funeral of Nzabndunke, king Njoya's mother: one of her brother, a noble man and a slave. The photograph was send by Anna Wuhrmann to Jean-René Brutsch, missionary of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical mission society). On the back of the photograph, she wrote "Die 3 Stande beim Tod der Königin-Mutter : ein Bruder des Königs, ein Nji, ein Sklave".
clothing customs and traditions indigenous populations

Authors

Wuhrmann, Anna

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m76807
Dates
1913
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 8.5x11.2 cm
Place Discussed
Bamum (Cameroon) Cameroon
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Cameroon
Reference
impa-m76807 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-DEFAP_CMPFGB-JB015_2
Rights
102 boulevard Arago - 75014 Paris, France Défap - Service protestant de mission (Département évangélique français d’action apostolique) http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/index.php?id=266 http://www.defap.fr/contact.php
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/364f2e99ac1bc61344faa96e9963d550

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