Object Details
Photographer
Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna, 1881-1971
Creator
Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde Basel
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Printed text on recto reads: "Bamum-Frau Lydia aus Fumban, Kamerun / Lydia, femme bamoum, Cameroun."
Translated caption reads: "Lydia, Bamun woman of Fumban, Cameroon."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Foto: Anna Wuhrmann, um 1913 (III 494) / © Museum für Völkerkunde Basel / 94/2 Best. Nr. 2591."
Duplicate recto image on items EEPA CM-05-01 and CM-05-07.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CM-05-01
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
See Also
Cameroon, West, Noun, Foumban (5.728629, 10.90184)
Place
Africa
Cameroon
Cameroon -- West -- Noun -- Foumban
Topic
Body arts
Hairstyles -- Africa
Scarification (Body marking)
Photographer
Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna, 1881-1971
Creator
Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde Basel
Culture
Bamun (African people)
See more items in
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)
Extent
1 Postcard (halftone., monochrome, 15 x 10.5 cm.)
Date
ca. 1994
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 1995-037-0001
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Bibliography
Recto image published in Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna. "Mein Bamumvolk im Grasland von Kamerun," Stuttgart: Evang. Missionsverlag, 1925. p. 146.
Genre/Form
Picture postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087511-3