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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. A Juju man with his well feathered headdress and his Manjong sword by his side.

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76 x 103 mm. One of the 'good’ juju men with his feathered headdress and forked gong made from local iron rudely fashioned. He danced about and threw himself into all sorts of contortions.

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76 x 103 mm. He is here seen close up with his gong, leopard skin bag and his knowing old face surmounted by his feathered headdress.

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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.

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65 x 103 mm. Another Juju man selected by the chief to keep order and to prevent robbery.

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76 x 103 mm. A Juju man with a goat skin headdress, who acted in the capacity of policeman. These police were necessary to prevent any disputes as people had come from all over the country and many were the hereditary enemies of the people of Mankon.

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40 x 62 mm. Juju pots in a Juju hut on the roadside, the custom is that every man must on marriage contribute a pot of dye in the near future.

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62 x 40 mm. The shrine to the Juju, Noket. It consists of a fenced in circle containing old pots and rubbish and behind a hut of grass. He is a good Juju.

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40 x 62 mm. Two Juju sticks similar to the ones seen at Bafut only with different designs and on separate mounds with a buried spear between. Each should cover a human sacrifice but in these enlightened days goats were used instead. A small calabash toad in front of each stick and they contained Mimbo, it is 'Chief's Mimbo' as small pieces of grass are seen in the neck of the calabashes.