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EAP051/1/1/5/14
- Record Id:
- 040-002759853
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002759805
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023045115.0x000031
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP051/1/1/5/14
- Title:
- Shümom word list and various designs
- Scope & Content:
- Leaves: 11; Pages: 22 (with many blank pages numbered here); Measurements: 17.7cm x 10.8cm; Dates; Script: Akauku Nyiet and roman script (for German language); Condition: Poor; Comments: Originally a German address book, this was subsequently turned into a Shümom wordlist. It also contains elaborate designs (for clothes?) along with a beautifully drawn design for the name “Njoya” in Akauku Nyiet.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Bamum script and archives project
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002759805
033-002759806
036-002759839
040-002759853 - 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]
EAP051/1/1/5 : Nji Musa Collection [1933-1956]
EAP051/1/1/5/14 : Shümom word list and various designs - Hierarchy:
- 032-002759805[0001]/033-002759806[0005]/036-002759839[0014]/040-002759853
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP051/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 22 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP051-1-1-5-14 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Bamun
- Scripts:
- Bamum
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1956
- Date Range:
- 1933-1956
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- APRB 100
- 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)