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Nigeria (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1776 Collections and/or Records:

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EvN 8-9 A painting exhibited in the school museum of the Government School at Ilorin, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/116
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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.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 9-37 The head of the most beautiful of the seven holy figures of Tada, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/97
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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.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 11-18 [The stone figures of Esie, 1940s], 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/102
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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'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 11-36 A Yoruba council house with carved door posts in the old traditional style at Omu, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/108
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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.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 20-6 A kiln for firing clay at Uyo School in Nigeria, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/103
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Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 24-33 A carving showing a native Christian priest, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/104
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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.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 28-12 Terracotta made by a pupil of the Government School at Ibadan, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/105
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Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 28-14 A terracotta group by a student at the Governemtn School at Ibadan, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/106
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Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 28-17 The kiln for firing terracottas at the Government School at Ibadan, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/107
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Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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EvN 29-39 Woodcarving at Kings College, Lagos, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/94
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Photograph by Margot Lubinski.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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Ewayong River at Ejekwe, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/45
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102 x 59 mm. A view looking along the Ewayong with boats in the foreground and middle distance.

Dates: 1908 - 1910
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Ewene Lepers' Village. Staff quarters, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/33
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The typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'Built by voluntary labour. Cement and corrugated iron provided by N.A. [Native Administration]. Staff. 1 clinic master who does inspections; 1 garden boy; 1 clerk; 1 catechist'. In addition, the pencilled annotation has the phrase 'under supervision of Leprosy Dr's' after the word 'inspections'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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Ewene Village. (Lepers). General view, 1940 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/31
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The typescript caption and pencilled annotation both add 'Note flower beds'.

Dates: 1940 - 1949
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Ex King Docemo to Glover, 1872-10-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/126
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[Examining specimens, Takalafiya, c.1940], 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/56
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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'At the Takalafiya dispensary a trained African assistant of the Sleeping Sickness Service examines the gland juice of a suspected patient'.

Dates: 1940
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Exhibition at Katsena [Katsina] 1910, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/142
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165 x 121 mm. Showing Africans gathered around stalls in a large open square (probably the market place) in Katsina (90 miles NW of Kano). No mention of this exhibition has been found in Bell (1910).

Dates: 1910
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F. Mullins to Fowler, 1872-08-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 131/5/94
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Falling in for parade, 'A' Coy. 1 S.N. Regt., Okigwi, S.N, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043N/25
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103 x 61 mm. Showing soldiers lining up on the parade ground at Okigwi.

Dates: 1908 - 1910
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Feeding "Shok" causes inhalation pneumonia. Causes many neonatal deaths, 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043UU/102
Scope and Contents From the File:

Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.

Dates: 1951
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Y3043UU/134 is missing.
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Felling timber, Mamu, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/71
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75 x 99 mm. A view showing a forest clearing with felled timber in one of the Funtumia plots.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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Ficus spp, Northern Nigeria, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/19
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165 x 210 mm. View of a large tree.

Dates: 1933 - 1964
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[Field], 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/4/55
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165 x 120 mm. A view of cultivated land.

Dates: 1933 - 1964