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Title
Man in traditional costume, Nigeria, ca. 1938
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1933/1943
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 photograph showing a man in traditional Nigerian dress, which is possibly a carnival outfit. The man wears trousers, a grass or reed skirt, and a leopard-skin shirt. He wears a head-dress and his face is covered by a leopard-skin veil. Four Nigerian young men and boys stand behind him, each carrying a traditional instrument. A group of Nigerian boys can be seen in the background. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, an institution run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria.
Format
black-and-white photographs
Identifier
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-5-50.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77938
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-CSCNWW20-1-5-50.jpg
Subject
Costume
Men
Carnivals
Customs and traditions
Indigenous peoples
Group portraits
Time Period
1933/1943
Place
Abia
Africa
Nigeria
populated places
Source
CSCNWW20/1/5/50 [File]
Relation
Emily Godfrey collection; Box 1; Fifth book of photographs (CSCNWW20-1-5)
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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