A tunic of Man, Agbada (boubou), Cameroon or Niger - Lot 105

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A tunic of Man, Agbada (boubou), Cameroon or Niger - Lot 105
A tunic of Man, Agbada (boubou), Cameroon or Niger Man's gown and made of natural cotton A very similar tunic is kept in the British Museum under the reference no. Af1978,03.1. Another similar copy was kept at the Dapper Museum and has been reproduced on pages 52 and 53 in their book on African textiles. Usually, these works with hand-made seams and assembling strips of small widths (10 cm) are dated to the 1900s. For reasons that escape us, the Cleveland Museum dates a similar boubou from the second half of the eighteenth century. It is true that the Museum in Ulm has a very similar man's dress, brought back to Germany before 1659, which contains certain motifs such as knives or magic squares. King Ibrahim Mbouombouo Njoya (1860-1933) who was the 17th of the dynasty of Kings who ruled the region of Bamoun and its people in the west of Cameroon was photographed with a tunic of this type. He succeeded his father Nsangu and reigned from 1886 or 1887 until his death in 1933. He reigned from the fortified town of Foumban (Fumban). Considered as the City of Arts, Foumban is the capital of the Bamoun Kingdom. Good general condition. Bibliography : John Gillow, "Textiles Africains", Editions du Regards, Paris. First publication in the United Kingdom by Thames and Hudson, London in 2003. Cf. p. 100 and 101. 1st Half of the 20th Century 090 (h) x 185 cm
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