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62 x 40 mm. The father is then called and the ailing child shown to him, one of his older wives looks on in an interested manner. She assumes the stooping posture that all wives assume in the presence of their husbands or a superior person.

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62 x 40 mm. The decision of the spider having been made known and the wife having been shown to be the evil one and one who was trying to hurt her child so as to make her husband think it was some of his other wives and so cause him to get rid of them, she is flogged and driven from the compound by her irate husband.

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62 x 40 mm. A Chinda of the Fon parading through the market carrying 'Kekeng' (a certain tree with long leaves on the receipt of which the reciprocant must go immediately to the Fon) which means all must attend a given spot to hear News the Fon wishes to tell. This is how news regarding all matters is passed to the people. On this occasion it was to hear that war existed between Britain and Germany.

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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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62 x 40 mm. The Kinsawai calls the News whilst the Tantohs stand behind him, (The Tantoh look after all the King's affairs and are very important men.)

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62 x 40 mm. Four of the more refined 'ladies' prefer to stand on the hill where they will hear the voice of the Kinsawai (the man who calls the News) rather than mix with the 'vulgar motley' - the crowd are seen gathering in the distance.

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109 x 64 mm. Another view of the Market Place in Banso, showing the mountains rising over the town and separated from it by the deep valley.

Scope and Contents 84 x 56 mm. Chindas drinking and discussing the affairs of the district in the courtyard of the Fon's palace. The Juju Man is seen on the right of the picture next to the man with the ceremonial headdress of white feathers, he is in his wooden mask and red cloak. He holds the position for a certain number of years (9) during which time he is fed and housed by the Fon, but must have no dealings with women. At the end of his term of office he is given a farm and a number of wives and holds a...

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40 x 62 mm. 'Monica' a Banso woman of the R.C. Mission whose country name is Baati and in order to copy her 'white sisters' to her own satisfaction has allowed her hair to grow long.

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62 x 40 mm. The mother sits in the sun with her ailing child, she wonders what is the matter with him and as the native medicines have failed to benefit him she thinks someone is 'wishing him evil'.

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62 x 40 mm. My house at Banso-evening. From the front garden looking from the north. The new plinth I have built is seen at the far end of the house.

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62 x 40 mm. My house, from the front garden. The rose trees leading to the front steps and the new plinth on the right. My chair is out for afternoon tea on the verandah. The new wireless pole is also seen erected. The window on the right is my bedroom window.

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62 x 40 mm. My house looking from the south of the garden with the new plinth and bamboo wireless mast I erected. The covered way leads to the bathroom.

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62 x 40 mm. My sitting room in the Banso House. The door on the right leads to the bedroom.

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62 x 40 mm. Ngam walks round the enclosure and stops at each bamboo, at times fingering one, this is said by the people to be his method of contemplating whether that particular person is the guilty one or not.

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62 x 40 mm. Ngam has passed round the enclosure and has turned one of the pieces of bamboo to point in the opposite way to the others, the person this piece represents is the guilty person.

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62 x 40 mm. Having made his decision Ngam now returns to his lair and the Ngangam has only to decide on the gravity of the crime and whether the person committing it was intending to do so or whether it was just that she, or he, was influenced by some other evil spirit who caused them to do this thing quite unintentionally and perhaps unknowingly. Some people are regarded as always having a bad influence wherever they go.

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62 x 40 mm. The stage having all been set, the watchers see a slight movement of the earth round the hole leading to the spider's lair, gradually two long hairy legs appear and then out comes the spider, it rests a moment and then starts in an uncertain manner to walk round its lair.

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Neg. and contact print 75 x 104 mm. Head of Njari girl showing the style of hairdressing they affect.

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Cameroon, smoking pipe.

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62 x 40 mm. The people flocking to the place where the news will be called. Old women still sit smoking beside their market produce, preferring to wait till they hear the News from some of the younger and more agile persons.