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35 mm. neg and contact print.

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35 mm. neg and contact print.

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40 x 62 mm neg. with 68 x 111 mm. print. An Ibo with facial markings that represent the wings of a hawk among other things. A very rare thing to see now a days.

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40 x 62 mm. neg. with 84 x 111 mm. print. These tribal markings were used in the old days when wars were frequent and thus the captors knew the area from which their prisoners had come.

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40 x 62 mm. neg. with 84 x 111 mm. print. This particular boy shows the markings indicating he comes from between Owerri and Onitsha. The two sides of the face have not the same design.

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60 x 73 mm. neg. & contact print. Tasha gets amorous on the road to Shi when we meet two girls and he receives a promise they will follow him to Shi. He proves his 'love' by fondling the ladies' breasts.

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62 x 40 mm.

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Taken en-route through French Cameroons.

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108 x 64 mm. Where I stayed at Nbeno. A typical house. Bamboo walls - ground sheet over bed to keep off rain, clothes on rope.

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62 x 40 mm. John Dixon the A.D.O. (Mbonge Bert) looks over the pay shees at Bole.

Scope and Contents A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...

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62 x 40 mm. Two of the Juju figures standing in the clearing in front of the Chief's gateway at Bafut. They have an array of bead covered long necked calabashes in front of them as well as a bead covered stool, a cheap glass decanter and some Toby jugs all placed upon a very beautifully worked Bikom cloth in blue and white.

Scope and Contents 62 x 40 mm. A close up of the group, showing the beautifully worked Bikom cloth with its marvellously intricate pattern. The carved stool from Babanki Tungo but covered with small beads. Two long necked native calabashes, two decanters and Toby jugs from Brum, some pottery and two more long necked calabashes worked in native designs with small coloured beads. The male juju figure in skirt of beads holds a drinking horn in the right hand whilst the female holds a calabash in the left hand....

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40 x 62 mm. A close-up of the two Juju figures showing the man nearest the camera with his head covered by a rayed cap with tied crown band and fillet. The woman with cowrie shells on the head to indicate she has conceived, and waist band for fertility for the women of the tribe. Both figures are of carved wood with a complete covering of small tubular black beads attached with some sort of native glue and in a most regular manner as not a piece of the wood was seen.

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62 x 40 mm. The village is surrounded by small forests and this is a glimpse of the Bafut Juju house in the village square as you enter past the Chief's compound.

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102 x 76 mm. Juju man at Banso dressed as man and women in costumes of coloured beads and straw skirts, feathered headdresses and the 'women' in suits of stockinette with coloured Tehs. They get Mimbo and salt for dancing at festivals from the Fon. They are of no consequence and during other days have their farms and wives to work for them. Not like the Big Jujus that are kept by the Fon and have no dealings with women.

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102 x 76 mm. Juju man at Banso dressed as man and women in costumes of coloured beads and straw skirts, feathered headdresses and the 'women' in suits of stockinette with coloured Tehs. They get Mimbo and salt for dancing at festivals from the Fon. They are of no consequence and during other days have their farms and wives to work for them. Not like the Big Jujus that are kept by the Fon and have no dealings with women.

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102 x 76 mm. Juju man at Banso dressed as man and women in costumes of coloured beads and straw skirts, feathered headdresses and the 'women' in suits of stockinette with coloured Tehs. They get Mimbo and salt for dancing at festivals from the Fon. They are of no consequence and during other days have their farms and wives to work for them. Not like the Big Jujus that are kept by the Fon and have no dealings with women.

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102 x 76 mm. Juju man at Banso dressed as man and women in costumes of coloured beads and straw skirts, feathered headdresses and the 'women' in suits of stockinette with coloured Tehs. They get Mimbo and salt for dancing at festivals from the Fon. They are of no consequence and during other days have their farms and wives to work for them. Not like the Big Jujus that are kept by the Fon and have no dealings with women.

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102 x 76 mm. Juju man at Banso dressed as man and women in costumes of coloured beads and straw skirts, feathered headdresses and the 'women' in suits of stockinette with coloured Tehs. They get Mimbo and salt for dancing at festivals from the Fon. They are of no consequence and during other days have their farms and wives to work for them. Not like the Big Jujus that are kept by the Fon and have no dealings with women.

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63 x 82 mm. neg. and contact print.

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61 x 96 mm. A Juju man who was acting as police to keep order. His waist was covered with small calabashes acting as powder horns whilst snail shells were garlanded round his neck.

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76 x 103 mm. A Juju man with his leopard skin headdress with snail shells attached to the crown. In his right hand he holds a sort of rattle of pleated fibre with hard seeds inside whilst his left hand holds the forerunner of the Swastika, which is also used as a charm.

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76 x 103 mm. A Juju man with his leopard skin headdress with snail shells attached to the crown. In his right hand he holds a sort of rattle of pleated fibre with hard seeds inside whilst his left hand holds the forerunner of the Swastika, which is also used as a charm.

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76 x 103 mm. Another Juju man with his cow head headdress and his neck festooned with the long cylindrical ends of calabashes and snail shells.