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RCS/Y3043BB contains:
1 Mountain side villages on the road from N'kongsamba to Bamenda
2 Pagan girls, Bamenda
3 A 'lady doctor', Bamenda
4 The Fon of Banso
5 Commencement of the ceremonial drinking of Mimbo, Banso
6 Mimbo drinking Ceremonial, Banso
7 Juju man at Banso
8 Juju man at Banso
9 Juju man at Banso
10 Juju man at Banso
11 Juju man at Banso
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British Cameroons 1937-42

Title Commencement of the ceremonial drinking of Mimbo, Banso
Reference Y3043BB/5
Covering Dates 1937
Content and context

84 x 56 mm. The Juju man is seen between the two chindas in their ceremonial regalia. His garb is clearly seen and consists of a deep red gown reaching to his knees and a wooden mask carved as a grotesque face stuck on top of his head. The Mimbo is poured from the long necked calabashes into the artistically worked earthenware pot.

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Africa
Cameroon
Kumbo
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