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La Dynastie Du Royaume Bamoun
Commemorative cloth
La Dynastie Du Royaume Bamoun
African (Cameroon)
about 2002
Object Place: Cameroon, Africa
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, screen printed
Dimensions
Length x width: 115.6 x 537.2 cm (45 1/2 x 211 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Christraud M. Geary
Accession Number2009.5439
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBlue and white cotton textile with abstract patterning and two repeating motifs. A column from top to bottom with "NGUON," medallion, characters/symbols, and statue with standing figures and rectangular panel titled "La Dynastie Du Royaume Bamoun" with printed portraits, names, and dates for United Bamouni kings of Cameroon. Commemorative Cloth made for the Nja Festival.
ProvenanceDecember 2004, purchased by Christraud Geary, Medford, MA in the market of Foumban, Cameroon; 2009, year-end gift of Geary to the MFA (Accession date: January 20, 2010)