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62 x 40 mm. Potato sellers from Yeae, most of the potatoes come from this town about 2 hours walk north of Banso and are always carried in 4 handled baskets so the women can transfer the heavy weight basket to another woman when they are tired without having to put it on the ground and then raise it again.

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62 x 40 mm. The Native Administration Court Scribe reads the Governor of Nigeria's message to the people, in pidgin English and Doulai, a N.A. Dogari (police man) puts it into Banso language for the benefit of the mixture of traders and market people who have come - Bamuns, Babbas, Nsunglis, Bums, Kakas, Bawayjus, Fulani, Mbororo, Hausas and Bansos.

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62 x 40 mm. Red cam-wood sellers at market, they have the wood dust all mixed with water and sell it in small cakes, to advertise their wares they have reddened their feet and legs with the stuff.

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62 x 40 mm. Shovel sellers in the market - the shovels or hoes, are made in Oku by native craftsmen and sell at 1/3 ea. Much discussion occurs before purchases on the relative merits of each piece.

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56 x 84 mm. The Fon showing his feathered headdress with the long upright white feathers in the crown. His crossed necklaces of coloured beads and the King George V medal.

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84 x 45 mm. The N'Jang is the favourite dance of the women whilst the Samba is the men's dance. They keep excellent time to the drums and bamboo hollow trumpets as well as a notched tube of bamboo over which one of the girls rubs a brass ring. 5th from left. Kika, Wingo, Yesha, Winsonrin, Bidsemo, Shuka, Lela, Winsonlin, Diadrum, Yefon, Be, Shemka.

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62 x 40 mm. An old Village Head man stops in front of one of the 'general stores' to inspect the raffia bags. A 'bush cat' skin is exposed also for sale and will someday adorn the costume of a dashing Fai as a bag, the forepaws will be the handle. The shop keeper arranges his wares which seem to consist of bags, bananas, corn, yams and Bush cat skin.

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84 x 56 mm. Tangwa the head butcher's two young daughters and his new wife in the centre. All looking very happy.

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84 x 56 mm. Tangwa the head butcher's two young daughters and his new wife in the centre. All looking very happy.

Scope and Contents 40 x 62 mm. The senior Ya is the Fon's actual mother, once selected she retains the title all her life. She may only marry a Fai or Tante and she must not work on a farm. All her social inferiors must clap hands in front of her (men and women alike). She can only marry one man in her life and does not pass on her title to her children. When the Fon dies the mother of his successor if alive becomes the senior Ya, otherwise Fai Ndzendzen must choose a girl from among the Eon's daughters. The...

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40 x 62 mm. Dressed in her official dress, a raffia hat which she wears in front of the Fon. A porcupine quill in her nose the septum of which has been pierced. A red Teh or strip of cloth suspended from her waist girdles. Beads crossed over her chest.

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Neg. and 2 contact prints 58 x 84 mm. Woman of Yeh with a four handled basket called Nko. The baskets are made in Nsungli. The basket is full of potatoes value 1 ½ d but can be used to carry any produce.

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40 x 62 mm. Yela - the senior wife of the Fon. She was his first wife and has fallen into a little disgrace as she is rather free with her talk and says things that are considered 'risque'. Fon's wives are not supposed to think of risque things and far less say them. They are supposed to be dignified, servile, and have no feelings at all.

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40 x 62 mm. Yela the senior wife of the Fon. Note the black Jiggedars or waist bands, when a woman is suckling her child she wears red waist bands and that means she is sexually taboo. She returns to live with her people and for the next three years her husband cannot cohabitate with her. (others do !!! nuf sed!)