M0005339: Nkanda man of the Igbo, Nigeria

Date:
December 1937
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/43/69
Part of:
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Image of Nkanda Grade of Egbo with emblems EKABE NKANDA. Ekoi, South Nigeria, West Africa

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a man of the Nkanda "grade" of the Igbo people, Nigeria. Text below the image reads "'Image' of Nkanda grade of Egbo with emblem 'Ekabe Nkanda'". The reproduction is from In the shadow of the bush (1912) by P. Amaury Talbot, plate facing page 42.

Publication/Creation

December 1937

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

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