Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 13.4cm x 10cm; Dates Early twentieth century; Script: script previous to Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Good; Comments: Note that oil spilled on this book in the 1980s while in NFONKAO Ousmanou’s handsand this renders the pages blurry. Therefore, the photographs of the various items appear blurryat times and this is not a result of photography but the actual condition of the documents.
Early Bamum script characters identifying name of “Nji” [early twentieth century]
File details
Creation date:
Early 20th century
Languages:
Bamun
Scripts:
Bamum
Content type:
Notebook
Originals information:
"The original materials are held at the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamum, in the Royal Palace of the Bamum Kings, Foumban, Cameroon".
Reference:
EAP051/1/1/10/93
Level:
File
Extent:
1 TIFF images
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