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Display of paintings, handicrafts and sculptures, 1936-08

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection consists chiefly of photographic prints and slides documenting early 20th century Nigeria.

Dates

  • 1936-08

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.

Extent

From the Collection: 96 Boxes

From the Collection: 4 trunks

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Related Materials

  • Some of the panels of mounted photographs are in the Duckworth collection: 56P:1:8, 56P:1:10, 56P:1:7, 56P:1:5 and 56P:1:2
  • The sculpture at lower right is Z5:3
  • The display is similar to that in Z4:8
  • 3P:70

    • General

    Location: England

    The display has the general heading "Africa". One group of photographs is headed "Apparatus + models made in workshops", and other "The Higher College, Yaba near Lagos". Many of the recognizable images were taken by Duckworth; many of the objects were also photographed by Duckworth

    Probably part of the exhibition held during the August, 1936 meeting of the 7th World Conference of the New Education Fellowship at Cheltenham, England

    Item category: Exhibitions and fairs

    Library Details

    Library Details

    Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository

    https://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/herskovits-library/
    Contact:
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