Ibrahim Tita M’bohou. Fon Kuoutou being carried to War against the Manguot, 1930s. Paper, ink, watercolor, Paper: 49.5 x 63.5 cm (19 1/2 x 25 in.). Severance and Greta Millikin Trust, 2022.48. Copyrighted.

Fon Kuoutou being carried to War against the Manguot

1930s

Ibrahim Tita M’bohou

Ibrahim Tita M’bohou (Bamum Kingdom (Cameroonian), 1914–1977)

African Art

Fon Kuoutou being carried to War against the Manguot, 1930s. Ibrahim Tita M’bohou (Bamum Kingdom (Cameroonian), 1914–1977). Paper, ink, watercolor; paper: 49.5 x 63.5 cm (19 1/2 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2022.48 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. 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).

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Ibrahim Tita M’bohou
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: Paper, ink, watercolor
Medium: paper, ink, watercolor
Dimensions: Paper: 49.5 x 63.5 cm (19 1/2 x 25 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Auteur Ibrahim tita M’bohou _(initials?)_ Remark: Signed in pen and (same) black ink lower margin, right side, below decorative border: Auteur Ibrahim tita M’bohou _(initials?)_
Departments: African Art
Accession Number: 2022.48
Credit Line: Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
Exhibitions: <em>A Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount Collection</em>. Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Oakland Gardens, NY (October 2007 - February 2008).
Rights Statement: Copyrighted