Letter to TIKOMPAFUL from wife LYDIA in which she informs him that she has not understood communication meant for her; on the reverse the ABCEDARY in roman script [c 1900]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16.4cm x 9.4cm; Dates ca. 1900; Script: Akauku Mfemfe; Condition: Poor; Comments:
Letter to Nji MAMA from unknown author regarding a funeral for a man who died on a Saturday [03 Jun 1923]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 16cm x 10.5cm; Dates 3 June 1923; Script: Akauku Nyiet; Condition: Poor; Comments: The script variant employed here, Akauku Nyiet, is interesting given that AkaukuMfemfe largely replaced it in popular usage beginning about 1910.
Envelope addressed to Nji MAMA, in Foumban, from NJEBET Matthieu, in Nkonsamba; NjiMama adds his notes in Bamum script [21 Mar 1925]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 13.4cm x 9cm; Dates 21 March 1925; Script: Original in roman script with Nji Mama’s notes in Akauku Mfemfe added later; Condition: Good; Comments: Includes postage stamp