Cameroon (nation)
Found in 506 Collections and/or Records:
Nkungie - Berabi road, 1940-02-26
109 x 64 mm. The road as it passes from spur to spur along the narrow edge with a long drop on either side.
Nsungli house construction, Ndu, 1941-01-11
63 x 63mn. House construction in Nsungli, the bamboo walls completed and then the flat ceiling bamboo put in place for the fixing of the roof.
Ntong, 1940-02-12
62 x 40 mm. Scene in the village.
Ntong, 1940-02-12
44 x 35 mm. neg. and 110 x 79 mm. print. Evening, a lady returns home to cook after a day on the farms.
Nyange, a Bamendankwe woman, Bamenda, 1941-12
40 x 62 mm. Nyange, a Bamendankwe woman with her child. Again, being mountain people they are short in stature with thick muscular thighs and broad chested.
Nyange, a Bamendankwe woman, Bamenda, 1941-12
40 x 62 mm. They usually wear one or at the most, two waist strings from which a few fibres form a fringe in front but they wear several necklaces of beads like the Dante people.
Old man at Kumbo, 1934
Cameroon, smoking pipe.
Old woman, Bali, 1941-10-30
51 x 40 mm. An old Bali woman carrying home her water supply in a calabash from the village stream. Women work to a ripe old age.
Old women, Nkungie, 1940-02-25
45 x 62 mm. Some of the older ladies who have no charms to offer the young Tiko labourers and therefore no atrocious costumes to wear sit and discuss the events of the day.
On the way to Pinane[?], 1934
Showing carriers walking in a line with carrying luggage on their heads.
Owa Mbelefo, Wum woman, Bemenda, 1941-09-16
64 x 95 mm. Owa Mbelefo turns round to show the back style of the Wum dress which consists of a 'tail' of thick dried fibres fixed to the numerous beaded waist strings.
Pagan girls, Bamenda, 1937-03-14
56 x 84 mm. Pagan girls whose only adornment consists of brightly coloured raffia bags, examining cheap Manchester cottons with interest.
Patients waiting for medicine at Mvwe Market, 1940-02-10
109 x 61 mm. neg. and contact print.
Paying Mkpandi labourers, nr. Bole, 1938-01
60 x 42 mm. Payment of the Mkpandi labourers at Bole on the new road.
People flocking to hear news, Banso Market, 1939-09-06
62 x 40 mm. The people flocking to the place where the news will be called. Old women still sit smoking beside their market produce, preferring to wait till they hear the News from some of the younger and more agile persons.
[Pipe], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Pipes collected in the Cameroons'.
[Pipe], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Pipes collected in the Cameroons'.
[Pipe], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Pipes collected in the Cameroons'.
[Pipe], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Pipes collected in the Cameroons'.
[Pipe], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Pipes collected in the Cameroons'.
Plantation of Funtumias, Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910
152 x 110 mm. A view showing a plantation of seven-and-a-half year old Funtumias where alternate trees in each row have been cut out. A European stands in the foreground examining a tree.
Plantation of Funtumias, Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon], 1903 - 1910
116 x 162 mm. A view showing a plantation of seven-and-a-half year old Funtumias where alternate trees in each row have been cut out. A European stands in the foreground examining a tree. Photograph probably by Christy.
Portrait of Fai Bisen, Kimbaw, 1940-06-19
56 x 84 mm. neg. and 85 x 113 mm. print. Fai Bisen, his beard is pleated in the old local style.
Potato sellers from Yeae at Banso, 1939-06-18
62 x 40 mm. Potato sellers from Yeae, most of the potatoes come from this town about 2 hours walk north of Banso and are always carried in 4 handled baskets so the women can transfer the heavy weight basket to another woman when they are tired without having to put it on the ground and then raise it again.
[Public celebrations], 1934
Showing some of the participants. Bamenda, Northwest Cameroon.