Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??

Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

EAP051/1/3

Record Id:: 033-002762514
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-002759805
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100023045115.0x000a96
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: EAP051/1/3
Title:: Museum Collection [c 1896-1965]
Scope & Content:: Materials created by the Offices of the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings, currently displayed as part of the permanent Museum exhibition at the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun. The materials range from c 1896-1956 and consist of Bamum history, official records and correspondence of the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings, and a range of writings of artistic and scientific scope, such as calendars, maps, and manuals on medicine and love. Objects and ephemera including a royal ink well and document bags have also been digitised.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Project / Collection:: Bamum script and archives project
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-002759805
033-002762514
Is part of:: EAP051/1 : Bamum manuscript collection of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun (APRB) in the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings in Foumban,…

EAP051/1/3 : Museum Collection [c 1896-1965]
Contains:: EAP051/1/3/1 : Bamum Pharmacopeia
EAP051/1/3/2 : Bamum Book of Love (Lerewa Nuu Nguet) [04 Apr 1905]
EAP051/1/3/3 : History of the Bamum Kings: from Rifum to Njoya, Volume II (known famously in the Shümom language, invented by Njoya, as “Snak…
EAP051/1/3/4 : Attestation of the Retirement of Manshüt (Chief of Servants) Mekumié issued by King Njoya [05 Apr 1905]
EAP051/1/3/5 : Agricultural Calendar [14 Mar 1905]
EAP051/1/3/6 : A story of a King called Wajambaziar narrated by King Njoya [c 1908-1915?]
EAP051/1/3/7 : King Njoya’s Brass Inkwell
EAP051/1/3/8 : Record of the arrival of the first white men in the Bamum Kingdom [c 1910-1915?]
EAP051/1/3/9 : Festival of Nguon, including a list of gifts contributed by various lineages
EAP051/1/3/10 : History of King Mbuombuo (1st)
EAP051/1/3/11 : History and Culture of the Bamum, known in conventional Bamum language (Shüpamom) as “Saanga MfonMum lo’ ma Rifum ne Tuet…
EAP051/1/3/12 : Report on taxes paid to the Germans in 1914 and the French in 1916 [7 October 1914 and 11 December 1916]
EAP051/1/3/13 : Agenda of King Njoya [26 Mar 1905]
EAP051/1/3/14 : Record of King Njoya announcing to the Bamum people of his travels [28 Apr 1922]
EAP051/1/3/15 : Minutes of a Tribunal held by King Njoya [25 Mar 1905]
EAP051/1/3/16 : Early characters of the Bamum script in a letter of King Njoya
EAP051/1/3/17 : Receipt for payment
EAP051/1/3/18 : Records of Marriages from Njintüt [1912-1919]
EAP051/1/3/19 : Procedure of the Indigo dyeing process during the reign of King Njoya [c 1910]
EAP051/1/3/20 : Register of Births: Mbam, Noun, Maapé & Nza [24 Mar 1905]
EAP051/1/3/21 : Document bag and a beaded document folder [c 1930?]

Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP051/1/3
Hierarchy:: 032-002759805[0003]/033-002762514
Container:: View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP051/1
Record Type (Level):: SubFonds
Extent:: 21 files consisting of 2,069 TIFF images
Digitised Content:
Languages:: Arabic
Bamun
Duala
English
French
German
Scripts:: Arabic
Bamum
Latin
Start Date:: 1891
End Date:: 1965
Date Range:: c 1896-1965
Era:: CE
Access:: Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
User Conditions:
Information About Originals:: The original materials are held at the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamum, in the Royal Palace of the Bamum Kings, Foumban, Cameroon
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)