Leaves: 5 photographic images of same object; Pages: 5; Measurements: 16cm x 10cm; Dates: unknown; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Good; Comments: on side is King Njoya’s name, written in a “mirror image”. When ink is applied to the protruding brass letters and a paper is placed against it, the result is King Njoya’s name in correct form.
View images from this file (6)King Njoya’s Brass Inkwell
File details
Creation date:
c 1896-1975
Languages:
Bamun
Scripts:
Bamum
Content type:
Artefact
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:
EAP051/1/3/7
Level:
File
Extent:
5 TIFF images
Legal:
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