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.

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.

44 x 62 mm. Cicatrization on the back as well, as a close up of the Mbembe women's dress style.

63 x 92 mm. An Mbembe woman arrives on her way to Nkambie market and chats with her young son who was very thrilled at the dancing. She did not have any 'dress' clothes.

62 x 40 mm. Bafut vied with Laroku in the number of Jujus one found all over the place as well as the number of Medicine groves. Here under a shady tree is another sacred area with a large monolith of seven sided stone.

62 x 40 mm. A scene of one of the numerous medicine groves around Bafut, one of the peculiar seven sided monoliths is seen at the junction of bush paths leading to the town.

62 x 40 mm.

62 x 40 mm. Menang Jujus on the road to Bamessing on their way to a Meeting.