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EAP051/1/1/8
- Record Id:
- 036-002760003
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002759805
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023045115.0x0000c7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP051/1/1/8
- Title:
- Nji Nsangou Yacouba Collection [early 20th century]
- Scope & Content:
- Digital images of early-varient Bamum script written on banana leaf, inherited by Nji Nchare Yacouba from his grandfather, Nji Nsangou Yacouba, who was a palace general. The writings on the leaf have been dated by the EAP051 project to the early 20th century.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Bamum script and archives project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002759805
033-002759806
036-002760003 - 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,…
EAP051/1/1 : Modern Archives of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun [c1896-1975]
EAP051/1/1/8 : Nji Nsangou Yacouba Collection [early 20th century] - Contains:
- EAP051/1/1/8/1 : Early Bamum script on Banana [early 20th century]
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP051/1/1/8 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002759805[0001]/033-002759806[0008]/036-002760003
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP051/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 1 file consisting of 3 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Bamun
- Scripts:
- Bamum
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- Early 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- 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)
- Subjects:
- Bamun (African people)
Bamun language - Places:
- Cameroon, Africa