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Helmet crest from a nja masquerade
Grassfields artists
ca. 1800–80

Throne of Njouteu
Grassfields carver and master beader
Late 19th–early 20th century

Double Bell
Cameroonian
late 19th century

Dagger with Sheath
West African, Cameroon, possibly Adamawa, Nigeria
19th century

Helmet Mask: Animal
Noni peoples
ca. 1900

Helmet Mask: Snakes
Bamileke peoples
19th century

Sultan of Bamum (Njoya, r. ca. 1885–1933)
ca. 1910

Self Portrait
Samuel Fosso
1975

Self Portrait
Samuel Fosso
1976

Architectural Element: Female
Bamum
19th–20th century

Architectural Element: Male
Bamum
19th–20th century