Behind the photograph depicting the facade of the palace of the kings of Bamun in west Cameroon, reproduced at two-thirds of its real size, the Chicago Field Museum also presents a vitrine dedicated to the Palace Museum.1 The photograph is not a representation of the original structure created by King Njoya (ca. 1860–1933) in the 1920s, or of the later building established at the palace entrance by his heir King Njimoluh (r. 1933–1992), but rather it encapsulates the fourth version produced by a Swiss expert during palace repair works in 1985 (Bosserdet 1985). Another restructuring was carried out in 1996 and the latest, involving the construction of a new museum, is ongoing.2 The Field Museum vitrine is therefore obsolete and has always been incomplete. It does, however, acknowledge the existence of an endogenous patrimonial process, presenting objects presumed representative of it, namely masks, a portrait of...
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June 01 2016
Reconsidering Patrimonialization in the Bamun Kingdom: Heritage, Image, and Politics from 1906 to the Present
Alexandra Galitzine-Loumpet
Alexandra Galitzine-Loumpet
Alexandra Galitzine-Loumpet is an anthropologist trained at the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. Senior lecturer at the University of Yaounde I (Cameroon) for many years, she currently works in Paris and is an associate member of CESSMA research unit. She has conducted research in the Bamoun kingdom for over twenty years. [email protected]
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Alexandra Galitzine-Loumpet
Alexandra Galitzine-Loumpet is an anthropologist trained at the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. Senior lecturer at the University of Yaounde I (Cameroon) for many years, she currently works in Paris and is an associate member of CESSMA research unit. She has conducted research in the Bamoun kingdom for over twenty years. [email protected]
Online ISSN: 1937-2108
Print ISSN: 0001-9933
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2016
African Arts (2016) 49 (2): 68–81.
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Alexandra Galitzine-Loumpet; Reconsidering Patrimonialization in the Bamun Kingdom: Heritage, Image, and Politics from 1906 to the Present. African Arts 2016; 49 (2): 68–81. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_a_00287
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