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62 x 40 mm.

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62 x 40 mm.

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62 x 40 mm.

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62 x 40 mm.

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62 x 40 mm.

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'...

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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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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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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Head and shoulders portrait.

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Head and shoulders portrait of two young women.

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Full-length portraits.

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The caption reads: 'Hundreds of gallons of palm wine were given by the Government'.

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39 x 61 mm.neg; print 69 x 96 mm. The common method of carrying baby in the Bamenda division. The child sits astride the mother's back in a sort of hammock of goat skin slung from the shoulders and attached by thongs passing round the waist. The children seem to take to this method naturally and one often sees them helping the mothers and never a word is spoken, each does her 'bit' in getting comfortable.

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66 x 100 mm. A woman wearing the bush umbrella or sunshade of the type worn in the Banso and Bamenda districts. It is built on a bamboo frame that also forms the head piece and over the frame is stretched a closely woven matting of dried grass. It is light, adequately covers the wearer, and a child if she has one with her, allows both arms to be free and is absolutely waterproof.