id:			518136
accession number:	2022.47.a
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.47.a
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:36.669000

Three Illustrious Fons and a Queen before the Old Foumban Palace, 1961. Ibrahim Njoya (Bamum Kingdom (Cameroonian), c. 1887–1962). Paper, ink, watercolor, carbon; paper: 78.7 x 96.5 cm (31 x 38 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2022.47.a

title:				Three Illustrious Fons and a Queen before the Old Foumban Palace
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creation date:			1961
creation date earliest:		1961
creation date latest:		1961
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon
technique:	Paper, ink, watercolor, carbon
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Ibrahim Njoya (Bamum Kingdom (Cameroonian), c. 1887–1962)  - artist

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measurements: Paper: 78.7 x 96.5 cm (31 x 38 in.)
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	inscription:	inscriptions below each likeness (French text: 11 Roi Mbombo / 15 Ngoungoure Chetfon/Precesse de Roi Mbombo Mere du Roi Nsangou / 16 Roi Nsangu / 17 Sultan Njoya Ibrahima; Bamum script, to be translated); signed and dated lower right in pen and black ink in French (Bamum script above): Dessinateur/Njoya IbrahimA/20-5-61.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection</em>. Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Oakland Gardens, NY (October 2007 - February 2008).

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PROVENANCE

	Marshall Mount, purchased from the artist in Cameroon
	date: 1961
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	Christopher Mount, United States, by inheritance.
	date: 2018–2022
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	(Amyas Naegele Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2022–
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fun fact:
The artist Ibrahim Njoya based the portrait of Sultan Ibrahim Njoya (at right) on a photograph.

digital description:
This drawing depicts Sultan Njoya and his ancestors in front of the old Bamum Kingdom palace: King Mbombo “the Giant” (r. 1757–1814); Queen Ngoungore (r. 1863); King Nsa’ngu (r. 1863–1889); and Sultan Njoya (r. 1889–1913). Each past ruler wears or holds elaborate regalia, such as staffs, necklaces, headpieces, and fly whisks. Sultan Njoya (at right) wears a turban and a large embroidered tunic, reflecting his conversion to Islam.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Page, Donna. <em>A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection</em>. Bayside, NY: QCC Art Gallery, City University of New York, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 30, p. 91 (plate 44)
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