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1946.6.77.1

First of two roughly circular wooden platters with a flat base, used as turntables in pottery-making. For the second platter see [1946.6.77 .2] [RM [OPS move] 6/10/2016]

1946.6.77.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
First of two roughly circular wooden platters with a flat base, used as turntables in pottery-making. For the second platter see [1946.6.77 .2] [RM [OPS move] 6/10/2016]
Geographical reference
Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon
Mbembe
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1946
Date collected
By 1946
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Diameter: max 195 mm, Height: max 32 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.6.77.1 Other numbers: 7
Research and responses

Information from David Zeitlyn: Literature on Mbembe/Mfumte - the two are contiguous and often confused: Baeke, V. 1984. Sorcellerie et magie chez les Wuli du Cameroun. In Magie, Sorcellerie, Parapsychologie (ed.) H. Hasquin. Brussels: Editions de la Université. -. 1984. Sorcellerie, sociétés secretes et sacrifice chez les Wuli du Cameroun Occidental. Systèmes de Pensée en Afrique Noire 7, 155-174. -. 1985. Les objets rituels des sociétés initiatiques chez les Wuli du Cameroun Occidental. Systèmes de Pensée en Afrique Noire 8, 177-199. -. 1986. La Sage-Femme et les Femmes Manguant de Sagesse (Cameroun Occidental). Civilisations 36, 219-236. -. 1987. Sur les berges de la rivière: le mode d'ou viennent les hommes (Wuli du Cameroun Occidental). Civilisations 37, 215-27. -. 1995. Les esprits de l'eau et la sorcellerie. Rituels, mythes et objets. In Objets-Signes d'Afrique (ed.) L. de_Heusch. Tervuren, Belgium: Snoek-Ducaju & Zoon and Musee royal de l'Afrique centrale. Kahler-Meyer, E., G. Tischauser & A. Vielhauer. 1953. Sprachenproben aus der Landschaft Mbembe, Kam. Afrika und Ubersee 37, 109-118 & 151-182. Leu, P. 1945. In Kameruner Steppen und Hutten; Erlebnisse und Erinnerungen. Basel: Basel Kommissions-Verlag; Missionsbuchshandlung GMBH. Mafiamba, P.C. 1969. Notes on the Polyglot Populations of Nkambe. Abbia 21, 59-90. Pollock, J.H.H. 1927. Bungwum-Mbembe Area Assessment Report 1926: Unpublished Government report: copies in Buea Archives, and in Library of Bambui Regional Major Seminary as well as Rhodes House MSS Afr s 797. Tischhauser, G. 1954. Kurze Wortliste der Sprache von Bebedjajo in der Landschafte Mbembe, Kamerun. Afrika und Ubersee 38, 69-72. [AP 24/9/2001]

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