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Title
Women's dance, Nigeria, ca. 1933
Creator
Emily Godfrey
Date Created and/or Issued
1925/1935
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Contact the repository for details.
The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Description
Black and white lantern slide showing a woman's dance in southeast Nigeria, possibly at a religious celebration. The women wear wraps around their waists and head-wraps around their heads. They dance in a circle in an open area of ground surrounded by palm trees.
Format
lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
lantern slides
Identifier
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-9-3.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78009
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-CSCNWW20-1-9-3.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Indigenous peoples
Women
Dance
Festivals
Group portraits
Time Period
1925/1935
Place
Abia
Africa
Nigeria
populated places
Source
CSCNWW20/1/9/3 [File]
Relation
Emily Godfrey collection; Box 1; Lantern slides (CSCNWW20-1-9)
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s

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