This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Reception of an emissary by Njaga at the palace courtyard.

Contact the institution

Queen Njoya sits on a throne and a petitioner bows before her.

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Photography
Dimensions
Bildformat (Foto): (Dia, SW) cm 90x65mm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII A 3262

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1912
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Franz H. Thorbecke (1875-11-08 - 1945-08-12) - Photographers
    Thorbecke, Marie Pauline - Photographers
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Collecting
    who
    Gustav Schömig - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.5 / 7.5