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84 x 45 mm. The N'Jang is the favourite dance of the women whilst the Samba is the men's dance. They keep excellent time to the drums and bamboo hollow trumpets as well as a notched tube of bamboo over which one of the girls rubs a brass ring. 5th from left. Kika, Wingo, Yesha, Winsonrin, Bidsemo, Shuka, Lela, Winsonlin, Diadrum, Yefon, Be, Shemka.

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57 x 84 mm. neg. with 72 x 111 mm. print. The Ya, the sister of Chief William Nfomi, as his mother is dead she is recognised as the Queen Mother.

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Showing two men by the shore who appear to be sewing together large pieces of material to make a boat.

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Showing a pipe. The caption on the album page reads: 'Pipes collected in the Cameroons'.

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85 x 70 mm. Three of the younger wives of the Chief of Mankon carrying water in calabashes and kerosine oil tins. Two are sexually taboo as is seen by the small strings in front but the girl in the centre is still free to visit anyone she likes as she has not yet conceived. They all have jiggedars of cowrie shells to ensure fertility.

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77 x 97 mm. A view showing twelve year old trees growing in the Botanical Gardens at Victoria, Cameroons.

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103 x 75 mm. A view showing a European standing among a block of young rubber plants.

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100 x 77 mm. A view showing two-and-a-half year old rubber trees interplanted with bananas.

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62 x 40 mm.

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56 x 84 mm.

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56 x 84 mm.

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62 x 40 mm.

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77 x 97 mm. A view showing a tree with vertical tapping lines made with a pruning knife which run down to a collecting cup at the base, resulting in the development of suckers.

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62 x 40 mm.

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59 x 78 mm. The high houses with the corn stores on the ceiling and the large baskets suspended from the walls.

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62 x 40 mm.

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62 x 40 mm. An old Village Head man stops in front of one of the 'general stores' to inspect the raffia bags. A 'bush cat' skin is exposed also for sale and will someday adorn the costume of a dashing Fai as a bag, the forepaws will be the handle. The shop keeper arranges his wares which seem to consist of bags, bananas, corn, yams and Bush cat skin.

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40 x 62 mm. A village midst the oil palm belt taken from the train en route Douala.

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A caption on the album page reads: 'Quidiquis Tribe, (near Marua [i.e.Maroua]) French Equatorial. The men wear small baskets on their penis[?]'.

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A caption on the album page reads: 'Quidiquis Tribe, (near Marua [i.e.Maroua]) French Equatorial. The men wear small baskets on their penis[?]'.

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A caption on the album page reads: 'Quidiquis Tribe, (near Marua [i.e.Maroua]) French Equatorial. The men wear small baskets on their penis[?]'.

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109 x 64 mm. A family scene with the palm fibres drying on the house roof opposite which are used as the only form of female attire.

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62 x 40 mm. Meal time and whilst the youngsters polish off their mid-day meal an old lady from a distant farm sits and smokes her pipe in Peace.

Scope and Contents A collection of photographs on 125 brown loose album sheets, many with hand-written captions. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. There are two 'Title pages' which have been transcribed at Y304M and Y304N, dated 1934 and 1935-36. The album sheets which appear to...

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56 x 72 mm. One of the little girls that came up every morning and evening with wood and water for me, about 10 of them came every time on the orders of the chief as the Rest House must always have plenty of both or there is trouble for the old boy.