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Three Illustrious Fons and a Queen before the Old Foumban Palace
1961
Ibrahim Njoya
Ibrahim Njoya (Bamum Kingdom (Cameroonian), c. 1887–1962)
African Art
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 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. The artist Ibrahim Njoya based the portrait of Sultan Ibrahim Njoya (at right) on a photograph.
- Maker/Artist
- Ibrahim Njoya
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- Paper, ink, watercolor, carbon
- Medium
- paper, ink, watercolor, carbon
- Dimensions
- Paper: 78.7 x 96.5 cm (31 x 38 in.)
- Inscribed
- 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.
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 2022.47.a
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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