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Fon Kuoutou being carried to War against the Manguot

Fon Kuoutou being carried to War against the Manguot

1930s
(Bamum Kingdom (Cameroonian), 1914–1977)
Africa, Central Africa, Bamum Kingdom, Cameroon
Paper, ink, watercolor
Paper: 49.5 x 63.5 cm (19 1/2 x 25 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2022.48
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Two objects depicted in this drawing—a processional statue and a pipe bowl—have real-life parallels in the CMA collection (1972.328, 1975.163).

Description

This drawing depicts a procession of men and women carrying the ruler Koutou (reigned late 17th–early 18th centuries) in a palanquin. Distinctive headgear and garments identify the courtiers and warriors, as does the hierarchical scale of figures. Drawn by M'bohou in the 1930s, it depicts the lead-up to the Bamum Kingdom’s war against the Manguot.
  • 2005
    Marshall Mount, by purchase in Cameroon, (co-owned by M. Mount and C.K. Mount)
    2018–2022
    Sole ownership to Caroline Katz Mount, United States, by inheritance
    2022
    (Amyas Naegele Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2022–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Page, Donna. A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection. Bayside, NY: QCC Art Gallery, City University of New York, 2007. p. 30, p.89 (plate 42)
  • A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection. Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Oakland Gardens, NY (October 2007 - February 2008).
  • {{cite web|title=Fon Kuoutou being carried to War against the Manguot|url=false|author=Ibrahim Tita M’bohou|year=1930s|access-date=04 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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