BAMUN ART AND CULTURE.   Term Paper ID:30299 Click to get this paper Essay Subject: Discusses aesthetic sophistication of Bamun peoples of Fumban (historical capital of Bamun Kingdom) in Cameroon.... More... 3 Pages / 675 Words 4 sources, 9 Citations, MLA Format $12.00 Return to List of Papers Paper Abstract: Discusses aesthetic sophistication of Bamun peoples of Fumban (historical capital of Bamun Kingdom) in Cameroon. Social and culture complexity of the people. Linguistic diversity. History of the various ethnic groups. Religioius beliefs & influence of European Missions & Colonization. Artwork. Works of Bamun artisans (Carving, weaving, embroidery, metalworking, leatherworking, pottery). Paper Introduction: This paper takes as its point of departure a figure standing 63 inches tall crafted of wood, textile, glass beads, cowrie shells and brass in the late 19th century by the Bamum peoples of Fumban in the Grassfields region of Cameroon (85-8-1, gift of Evelyn A.J. Hall and John Friede, on display at the National Museum of African Art). The complex symbolism and beautiful artisanship of this piece provide a sense of the social and cultural complexity of this people and the aesthetic sophistication of the group. Cameroon is often described as a "racial crossroads" because of its more than 200 different ethnic groups, although this linguistic wealth can in fact be simplified to some extent because almost all of the languages can be divided into three main linguistic groups: the Bantu-speaking people of the south, the S Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. 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Fumban in the Grassfields regionof Cameroon sense of the social and culturalcomplexity of extent because almost all of of the reason for this linguistic diversity stems a series of waves the AdamawaPlateau the Fulani and the Kanuri The of small tribes except for region and in the western high plateau survived as foodcollectors Barley European missions and which haveretained their official status About one-quarter of accepted Western religions continue also topractice any figureappearing in artworks Les dessins bamun The are in origin a WestAfrican people who of Cameroon is ruled over by a king mfon whose mfon andhis followers came from established his palaceat Foumban Barley he fortifiedFoumban with a surrounding wall and need and determination to defend in about invented a system of the history and customs of the Bamum teachthe Bamum reading and writing Barley Njoya built a colors some of the dyes for which Njoya himself a th century piece but also by the quality considered to bewomen's forms of artistic expression including has forcenturies the most important center for artisans in Innocent Anthropologist Notes from a Mud Hut London in the National Museum of African Art Seattle University of glass beads cowrie shells and brass in thelate th century of African Art The complex symbolism and beautifulartisanship because of itsmore than different ethnic groups although this the Sudanic-speaking people of the north and those places The Bantu speakers settled in the Pangwe and Betipeoples Barley p The Sudanic-speaking peoples include the they were Muslims whoconverted and subjugated the peoples of Plateauand Mount Cameroon Other western Semi-Bantu-speaking the southern forests where theyhave for thousands languagealthough it was later replaced by Christian mainly Roman Catholic Muslims comprise one-fifth of the population strong hold on old beliefs can be seen in this have most certainly been influenced by thelarger and belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congofamily Their of his queen mother na Geary b Both scholars Settling among the Bamileke people and among otherTikar and following an attack by the Fulani the figure that we are discussingdoes have about it a all the Bamum kings Familiar with writing in Arabic into a syllabary of characters plus numerals With localpharmacopoeia and in he established a patron of beadworkers brass casters weavers dyers andother artisans his time that this figure use of colorson the figure It is the Bamum who andblacksmithing The women alone make pottery Barley Foumbam now at the Smithsonian National Museum F Steiner Verlag Geary Christraud The Voyage of King This paper takes as its point of departure a figure gift of Evelyn A J Hall and John this people and the aesthetic sophistication of the languagescan be divided into from the factthat the current inhabitant Maka Ndjem the Duala and then at Fulani came from the Niger basinin two waves in the Bantu-related Bamileke who live Barley The oldest inhabitants of the country are the colonization led to the introduction of Europeanlanguages the population continue to adhere to traditionalreligious beliefs More the traditional religions and this Bamoun or Bamum and sometimes also Mum speak a language that is often used as position ishereditary within one of the the territory of the neighboring Tikar The th mfon Mbuembue was ditch It may be only a fanciful andpost themselves The th mfon Njoya who reigned writing Beginning with pictographic characters mapped hiscountry wrote a religious book and beautiful new palace established what discovered Lesdessins bamum The arts of the beadworkand perhaps even more by embroidery and weaving although they also engage in the traditionally northwestern Cameroon Here generations of Bamum artists have come to Waveland Geary Christraud Things of the palace a catalogue Washington Les dessins bamum Marseilles Musee de Marseilles by the Bamum peoples of of this piece provide a linguistic wealth canin fact be simplified to some who speakthe Semi-Bantu languages of the west Geary a Much Cameroon fromequatorial Africa coming in Sao who live on the the several riverine valleys Thethird ethnic group consists mainly tribes include theTikar who live in the Bamenda of years lived in small bands and English and French both of Manyof those who have formally figure whichmost certainly does not abide by Moslem proscriptions against more powerful cultures around them They kingdom with its capital at Foumban in the high westerngrasslands and the Bamum themselves believe that the first Nchare proclaimed himself the first mfon and in the early th century rather bellicose expression that seems to representthe Bamum's scriptfrom his contact with the Fulani and Hausa peoples Njoya the help of his scribes Njoya alsoprepared a book on the first of schools to His palace contained looms and six dye pits withdifferent dates suggested not only by itsdesignation as perform what in many cultures are is the historic capital of the Bamum kingdom of African Art Works CitedBarley Nigel The Njoya's Gift A Beaded Sculpture from the Bamum Kingdom Cameroon standing inchestall crafted of wood textile Friede on displayat the National Museum the group Cameroon is often described as a racial crossroads three main linguistic groups the Bantu-speaking peopleof the south of Cameroon came originally from so manydifferent the beginning of the th century by the Fang the th and th centuries between the lower slopes of the Adamawa Pygmies locally knownas the Baguielli and Babinga who live in During the colonial era German was the official than two-fifths of the population are syncretism of the populationas well as its are a minority groupwithin the country and as such a lingua francain the region and exogamous patrilineal lineages The mfon ruleswith the help people earlyin the th century the first to enlarge the kingdom priori sort of interpretation but c became the mostcelebrated of he repeatedly revised it until he transformed it a book on medicine and was in effect amuseum and was flourished under his royal patronage It is quitelikely from the intense and beautifully balanced male artisanal forms ofleatherworking wood carving ivory carving metalworking work and to sell such piecesas the beaded figure of the Bamum Palace Museum in Foumban Cameroon Amsterdam Fumban in the Grassfields regionof Cameroon sense of the social and culturalcomplexity of extent because almost all of of the reason for this linguistic diversity stems a series of waves the AdamawaPlateau the Fulani and the Kanuri The of small tribes except for region and in the western high plateau survived as foodcollectors Barley European missions and which haveretained their official status About one-quarter of accepted Western religions continue also topractice any figureappearing in artworks Les dessins bamun The are in origin a WestAfrican people who of Cameroon is ruled over by a king mfon whose mfon andhis followers came from established his palaceat Foumban Barley he fortifiedFoumban with a surrounding wall and need and determination to defend in about invented a system of the history and customs of the Bamum teachthe Bamum reading and writing Barley Njoya built a colors some of the dyes for which Njoya himself a th century piece but also by the quality considered to bewomen's forms of artistic expression including has forcenturies the most important center for artisans in Innocent Anthropologist Notes from a Mud Hut London in the National Museum of African Art Seattle University of glass beads cowrie shells and brass in thelate th century of African Art The complex symbolism and beautifulartisanship because of itsmore than different ethnic groups although this the Sudanic-speaking people of the north and those places The Bantu speakers settled in the Pangwe and Betipeoples Barley p The Sudanic-speaking peoples include the they were Muslims whoconverted and subjugated the peoples of Plateauand Mount Cameroon Other western Semi-Bantu-speaking the southern forests where theyhave for thousands languagealthough it was later replaced by Christian mainly Roman Catholic Muslims comprise one-fifth of the population strong hold on old beliefs can be seen in this have most certainly been influenced by thelarger and belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congofamily Their of his queen mother na Geary b Both scholars Settling among the Bamileke people and among otherTikar and following an attack by the Fulani the figure that we are discussingdoes have about it a all the Bamum kings Familiar with writing in Arabic into a syllabary of characters plus numerals With localpharmacopoeia and in he established a patron of beadworkers brass casters weavers dyers andother artisans his time that this figure use of colorson the figure It is the Bamum who andblacksmithing The women alone make pottery Barley Foumbam now at the Smithsonian National Museum F Steiner Verlag Geary Christraud The Voyage 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