id: 518136
accession number: 2022.47.a
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.47.a
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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
* A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection. 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. A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection. Bayside, NY: QCC Art Gallery, City University of New York, 2007.
page number: p. 30, p. 91 (plate 44)
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