Christraud M. Geary photographs of Bamum Palace Museum
name: label: Creator
content: Geary, Christraud M.
place: label: Place
content: Cameroon
label: Place
content: Africa
creator: label: Creator
content: Geary, Christraud M.
culture: label: Culture
content: Bamun (African people)
abstract: label: Summary
content: Color slides taken by Dr. Christraud M. Geary of art objects in the Bamum Palace Museum in Foubam, Cameroon, in 1977.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Christraud M. Geary, b.1946, curator of the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at the National Museum of African Art since 1990.

Dr. Geary specializes in the history of photography in Africa and in the study of African art. She received a PhD in cultural anthropology and African Studies from the University of Frankfurt, Germany, in 1973.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 752 Slides (photographs) (color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Dr. Geary, 2001.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2001-002
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides