Evan Schneider photographs
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Africa -- Civilization
label: Place
content: Africa -- history -- 20th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculpture, African
abstract: label: Summary
content: A bound notebook of prints picturing a model of the royal palace at Babanki Tungo, West Cameroon. The accompanying caption on the inside of the first image reads, "The model represented in this photographic album is the royal palace at Babanki Tungo, West Cameroon. It was carved by Robert Toh, the royal craver, during 1954-55. The brass figurines were sculpted by Umaru Njasi, a brass-caster from Bamum. The photographs are by Evan G. Schneider and were taken in Southeastern Ohio. Mr. Schneider is also responsible for the printing. Gilbert D. Schneider Athens, Ohio - - 1968." The palace and figurines were also donated in 1979 to the Museum of African Art, now the National Museum of African Art (accession no. 79-1-1).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 19 x 31.5 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954-1955
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Gilbert Schneider, 1979.  Copyright obtained from Evan Schneider in 2018.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2019-003
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints