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Scope and Contents 63 x 104 mm. The two forked branches stripped of bark, the forks are painted with rings of red paint made from cam wood and Palm Oil, alternated with rings of brown stain made from diluted cow dung. The 'scroll' at the base is a closely woven piece of matting with horizontal wavy lines in red alternating with light brown and composed of the same materials. Alongside this to the left is a piece of grass matting with three bamboo supports to stiffen it. In front and at the base of the 'scroll'...

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62 x 40 mm. We set out from Mouambong for Nyasoso. Galadema, the cook's mate with the kerosine tin that is the oven, nurse in his uniform and Michael in white with the carriers stretching in a long line ahead.

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62 x 40 mm. We arrive at Shi. The light sand coloured round huts of the town on their plinths and the clean village streets made a pretty picture.

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62 x 40 mm. Shovel sellers in the market - the shovels or hoes, are made in Oku by native craftsmen and sell at 1/3 ea. Much discussion occurs before purchases on the relative merits of each piece.

Scope and Contents One of the sisters of the Bafut Chief wearing her leopard skin girdle denoting her Royal connection and her necklaces of unglazed porcelain German beads. The leopard skin is the royal insignia throughout the whole Bamenda Division and nobody is allowed to have one except the Chiefs. The skins of all leopards caught are sent into the Chief as soon as possible. It is interesting to note the Leopard is the Royal animal as it was in Ancient Egypt and is associated only with Kings, both there and...

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Full-length portrait.

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62 x 40 mm. The maker had his wares all set out in rows and priced according to size and design, from a halfpenny to one and a halfpenny each. They far outdo the cheap European spoons as they are cheaper, lighter and easily cleaned and float on top of the milk whereas spoons either have to be placed on the ground or sink to the bottom of a milk filled calabash.

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40 x 62 mm. Houses protected by rock formation, Pirate Isles.

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62 x 102 mm. The Bambatu - one of the guests in his native hat of cotton in blue and white, which the men make themselves, has a 'quiet one' on his own.

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62 x 40mm. The drink is brought and the carriers cluster round with their drinking cups ready; Tasha makes a speech befitting the occasion.

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57 x 110

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84 x 56 mm. neg. with 111 x 79 mm. print. The Chief and the Ya together with their leopard teeth necklaces.

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62 x 40mm. The walls of the Chief's houses festooned with all sorts of fetishes, baskets, pots, masks, bunches of feathers, etc.

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62 x 40 mm.

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42 x 60 mm.

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56 x 84 mm. The Fon showing his feathered headdress with the long upright white feathers in the crown. His crossed necklaces of coloured beads and the King George V medal.

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42 x 60 mm.

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40 x 62 mm. The Medicine House and grove with the Medicine Man and his fetishes placed beside him. The whole country is bound up with Juju, medicine men and fetishes for everything.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Maddocks has written many articles on postal history, the majority reflecting his primary interest in the history of the Cameroons, particularly during the colonial period. He is the author of a monograph examining postal arrangements during the conquest of German Kamerun by the British and French during the First World War. His works also cover Nigeria, West Africa, Gambia, Zambia, German East and South West Africa, Togo, Ascension, St. Helena, Papua New Guinea, Jamaica and Barbados.