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Man wearing an embroidered shirt, holding two faces with single horns

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

Dates

  • 1930 - 1972

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

General

Location: Cameroon

Possibly was models for casting in metal

Originally contained in an envelope (27N:25:t/DW_07350) with the caption "Bamenda. Brass workers. Lars (?) & Glad on mountain peak. Chimpanzee, baskets"

Item categories: Metalwork; Sculptures

Library Details

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

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