Large wooden war drums carved with figures, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Large wooden war drums carved with figures, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Cameroon, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Cameroun Francais - Missions des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin. "7. Art indigene : Les Tambours de Guerre." Several men and women stand before a thatch-roofed building. Among them rise huge, intricately-carved wooden war drums, each as tall as a man.
The back of the card has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is Procure de la Mission : 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xc)". "Edit. M. Brochard, 81, quai Fosse - Nantes".

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: Missionary Postcard Collection
Collection / Other Creator: Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
Collection Date: 1880-1950
Container / Volume: Box 12

Access: Public
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