84 x 57 mm. Manjong House at N’kor where I lived. Carvings coloured with crude native paint, red, black and white. Bamboo walls are typical pattern.

109 x 64 mm. Another view of the Market Place in Banso, showing the mountains rising over the town and separated from it by the deep valley.

60 x 69 mm. neg and 84 x 114 mm. contact print.

62 x 40 mm. A heated discussion at the Market over the price of an anene, one-tenth of a penny: The beautiful baskets are seen scattered about with their various patterns.

108 x 63 mm.

62 x 40 mm. Two well fed and well groomed ladies disport themselves at the first market of the New Year.

78 x 104 mm.

40 x 62 mm.

56 x 85 mm. contact print and 78 x 111 mm. print.

56 x 85 mm. contact print and 78 x 111 mm. print.

56 x 85 mm. contact print and 78 x 111 mm. print.

56 x 85 mm. contact print and 78 x 111 mm. print.

56 x 85 mm. contact print and 78 x 111 mm. print.

56 x 84 mm. neg and 84 x 112 mm. print. Hairdressing and other adornments of the little Mbem ladies.

56 x 84 mm. neg. and 79 x 111 mm. contact print. 'A primitive "Jew's Harp" used by the Mbems, it consists of a string of fibre stretched tight between a bent bamboo and tapped with a stick whilst the teeth control the note'.

62 x 40 mm. The guests all assembled drinking in front of the bride's house, the pot of Mimbo supplied by the groom is in the centre.

62 x 40 mm. One of the bride's maids sits pleating herself a head band beside the corn bin. The assembled guests can be seen in the background.

62 x 40 mm. A group of brides wash and cover themselves with cam wood till their bodies are a dull red colour, in a nearby stream.

62 x 40 mm. More guests arrive, many from far off parts, to drink and eat. The bride is in the but that forms the background. Her bridesmaids are 'dressing' her up for the wedding with all the finery they can collect, everyone gives her a bangle or an earring or some small decoration.

40 x 62 mm. neg and 79 x 111 mm. contact print. One of the bridesmaids with her chaplet and cord necklace from which dangles a halfpenny as an ornament. Cartiers of Bond Street would not survive long in Mbem Area.

40 x 62 mm. neg and 79 x 111 mm. contact print. Another bridesmaid proudly poses for her picture to show off her nose button, string necklaces and pleated jiggedars.

35mm neg. Bridesmaids washing and applying the red cam wood to their bodies.

35mm neg. Bridesmaids washing and applying the red cam wood to their bodies.

35mm neg. Bridesmaids washing and applying the red cam wood to their bodies.

35mm neg. Bridesmaids washing and applying the red cam wood to their bodies.