Things of the Palace. A Catalogue of the Bamum Palace Museum in Foumban (Cameroon) with Drawings by Gisela Wittner (Studien zur Kulturkunde)

From the working library of Hans-Joachim Koloss, curator of the African department of the Berlin Ethnography Museum. Copy in good condition with many underlinings in pencil. The spine of the book is broken in the middle with a few pages loose. Aus der Arbeitsbibliothek von Hans-Joachim Koloss, Kurator der Afrika-Abteilung des Museums f�r V�lkerkunde Berlin. Exemplar in gutem Zustand mit vielen Unterstreichungen in Bleistift. Der Buchr�cken ist in der Mitte gebrochen, einige Seiten sind lose. ( Benin ) Table of Contents: Figures - Illustrations - Preface - I. The Cameroon Grassfields - II. The Palace Museum - III. Written Documents in the Palace Museum - IV. The Establishment of the State - V. Expansion and Consolidation of the State - IV. Unrest in the Second Half of the 19th Century - VII. Njoya�s Reign: Apex and Decline of the Kingdom - VIII. Craftsmen and Artists: Their Techniques and Media - Blacksmiths - Brass Casters - Carvers - Bead Embroiderers - Potters - Basket Weavers - Barnum Iconography - IX. The Court in All Its Splendor - Clothing and Jewelry in the 19th Century - Emblems of High Rank - Royal Monopolies and Reserved Goods - Thrones and Stools of the Barnum Kings - X. War as Vocation - XI. Splendid Festivals and Masquerades - XII. Secret Objects of the Societies - XIII. Njoya�s Innovations - Catalogue of the Objects in the Palace Museum - Addenda - Bibliography - Archival Materials - Figures - Illustrations ISBN 9783515029247