Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograh by Margot Lubinski.

The typewritten caption on the reverse is torn but the following is legible 'vN 1o-22 [tear]upe boys doing traditional embroidery work [tear] the Mohammedan School at Share, Nigeria'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'and representing according to Nigerian belief, the spirit of an ancestor'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Painting of a chief and his entourage. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The painting was done by the Court Painter of the Emir of Ilorin'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Close-up view of the head of one of the bronzes. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'We can see clearly the perfect art of the scuptor [sic] who made the statue in copper bronze centuries ago. It is not known who is represented by the statue, not waht [sic] people made it'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Close-up view of some of the statues. The typewriten caption on the reverse reads 'Another view of the holy stone figures of Esie, which stand in a clearing amidst a grove of oil palms and others [sic] trees about 31 miles south of Ilorin, Nigeria. The figure to the right is covered all over with chicken's blood whichhas been sacrificed ti [sic] it'.

The building itself is in European style - a single storey stone house with corrugated-iron roof. The traditional carved posts support the verandah. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

The carving is in the form of a candle-holder. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'done by a pupil of 'Christ the King', the Roman Catholic Secondary School at Onitsha, Nigeria'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Showing a collection of large pots standing in a village square, with a mother and her children seated among them. Photoghraph by Margot Lubinski.

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They were discovered in a clearing amidst a grove of oil palms and other trees, the clearing itself bordered by peregun trees, a kind of aloes planted round holy places. The grove is today an important centre of the fertility cult. Natives of Esie found the figures about 1773. The grove was kept secret until 1933, when an English missionary was told about it by one of his African mission teachers'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'It is of dark bronze, 3 ft 8 inches high, and is called 'Gago'. Gago is a title still used by the village chiefs in Idah, below Tada on the Niger. The head-dress of the figure consists of a tigh [sic] fitting helmet. At the front of back of it medallions are attached with a horned and moustached face on them. The close-fitting gown is richly decorated with designs'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Showing a man wearing a hat decorated with carved figures. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Showing a carver posed with the tools of his craft and specimens of his work. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.