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Title
A Calabar Chief , late 19th century
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
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
Image of the 'Adadama Chief, Old Calibar'. The chief, in the foreground of the picture, is seated in the open air wearing a robe on his lower half and items of gold jewellery. A group of villagers are visible in the background and behind them are thatched huts.
Adadama is situated in Nigeria, formerly Calabar. Mary Slessor spent many years working as a missionary in Calabar.
Type
image
Format
1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
lantern slides
Identifier
impa-m68150 [Legacy record ID]
imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-006.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m68150
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-006.jpg
Subject
Group portraits
Tribes
Village communities
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
Nigeria
Source
GB 237 CSWC47/LS2/6 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Mary Slessor LS2
Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s

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