| Title |
Nigeria |
| Reference |
Y3011U/1-116 |
| Creator |
Various |
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| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Nigeria |
| RCS/Y3011U/1-116 contains: |
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1
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[Cairn in Udi Division, Onitsha Province]. View of the pyramid-shaped cairn built to commemorate the opening of the first road built by voluntary labour in Udi Division. A typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'Cairn erected to commemorate the opening of the first road built by voluntary effort in Udi Division. It was built a few months before the opening of the Mass Literacy campaign which gave such a stimulus to Mass Education. It was because the people showed, by making this road (and another one at Affa), that they had the capacity for voluntary service that the D.O. launched a full scale Mass Education campaign. 12000 man-days of labour were given and the road was completed within 2 months. N.B. The cairn is in the form of a pyramid of the type that is built locally to honour tutelary fetishes.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
1940–1949 |
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2
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Mbabu Ozou Owa. A typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'Bridge erected by voluntary labour. Timber and cement given by N.A. [Native Administration] River formerly crossed by walking on a tree trunk. The road - about 9 miles long - was made by voluntary labour to Mbabu Owa where, in 12 months, the people erected - a temporary village hall, a stone-built sub-dispensary, a Maternity Home and preparations were made to build a Reading Room and a Co-op Shop'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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3
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Udi Village. Co-operative Shop. A single storey stone building with corrugated-iron roof.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, but with marks from the negative.. |
1940–1949 |
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4
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Udi Village. Showing a youth writing on a blackboard with the date 21/8/45. A typewritten caption (which duplicates most of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'During the war literacy pupils sent letters to their soldier relatives abroad. Those who could copy but not compose a letter used to copy as an exercise a letter giving the Udi Village news'. The annotation continues 'Thus each batch of letters would contain about 40 that were all the same but as each went to a different soldier that did not matter'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
21 Aug. 1945 |
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5
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Udi Village. Mass Literacy class. Showing a row of women at a table in the open air receiving instruction. A typewritten caption (which duplicates most of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'This is the 'top' class for women - normally 12. These are wives of miners at Enugu and of N.A. [Native Administration] employees'. The annotation continues 'Note these women are well dressed'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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6
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Eke Village Clearing new village centre site. Showing a large group of labourers levelling a clearing. An annotation on the reverse reads 'See earlier Eke photos'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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7
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Umana village. Co-operative Shop. A single storey stone building with corrugated-iron roof. The printed caption on the reverse reads 'Note - shop boy's quarters at back'. A pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'Umana Village. Co-op shop. This was originally a copy of Ojwoka shop (see 8) but was built 4 feet longer than the Ojwoka one. Then Obwofia built theirs (see 17) with shop-boys quarters attached. So as an afterthought Umana added shop boy's quarters at back - easily distinguishable in photograph'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight markings on print.. |
1940–1949 |
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8
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Ngwo Uno village. Showing the village hall under construction. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The most ambitious building project undertaken by any village was that at Ngwo Uno where the people undertook to build a large village hall. It could not be completed owing to the lack of roofing materials, so a room in one corner was roofed and used as a Sub-Dispensary'. The pencilled annotation differs slightly and has the additional phrase 'in Udi Division' appearing after the words 'by any village' in the first sentence.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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9
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Awofia [?Ogwofia] Village Volunteers digging road on hillside.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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10
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Ogwofia village. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Road signs put up in vernacular in Westermann script'. A pencilled annotation offers a translation of the two words appearing on the road sign - 'Be careful. Children-in-arms'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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11
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Ogwofia. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Reading room on left. Sub-dispensary in centre. Co-op consumer shop on right'. The pencilled annotation adds 'Joseph Amalu Family head and primus inter pares [first among equals] seen walking towards camera'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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12
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Ogwofia. Village centre in early stage. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Bush in background. This formerly covered whole site. Ogwofia consists of a number of quarters scattered about ¼ to ½ mile from each other. This piece of land is the most central point. Foreground. Sub-dispensary. (cement and timer [sic] provided by N.A.[Native Administration], mudblocks and labour provided free by village. Middle distance. Bricks for erection of the village maternity home. Background. Reading room'. The pencilled annotation is almost identical to the caption.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slightly faded and torn in bottom right-hand corner.. |
1940–1949 |
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13
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Ogwofia village. Incinerator at village centre. Showing the incinerator (in the form of a mud kiln) in the centre of the village. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Other buildings on left - model latrines and Reading Room'. The pencilled annotation adds 'Incinerator just completed Rubbish dump extreme right with maternity[?] home under construction behind'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, holed where previously pinned and a few folds.. |
1940–1949 |
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14
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Ogwofia village. Close-up of Sub-Dispensary. The title is both typed and annotated on the reverse.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, holed where previously pinned.. |
1940–1949 |
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15
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Ogwofia village. Making bricks for maternity home. Showing villagers moulding clay under the supervision of a European administrator. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Bricks when burnt were found to be too soft, so village bought bricks from Enugu'. The pencilled annotation adds 'European in background Mr E R Chadwick[?] District Officer'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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16
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Maternity Home at Ogwofia. A long single storey brick building with corrugated-iron roof. The typescript caption on the reverse reads 'Built by voluntary labour. Village subscribed about £160 and Co-operative shop £65. N.A. [Native Administration] gave £100 for roof, £30 for roof, and wages of carpenters and bricklayers'. The pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'See earlier note'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, holed where previously pinned.. |
1940–1949 |
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17
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Ogwofia. Maternity Home. View of Veranda. The pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'Maternity Home. Built by voluntary labour. Village subscribed about £160. Co-op shop provided £65. N.A. [Native Administration] provided £100 for roof [word covered by tape] 30 for [rest of annotation covered by tape]'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, spotted fading.. |
1940–1949 |
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18
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Ogwofia Maternity Home. Interior view of ward.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition although holed where previously pinned.. |
1940–1949 |
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19
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Ogwofia village. Model latrines at village centre. Exterior view of the corrugated-iron latrines. A typewritten caption (which duplicates most of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'They are for propaganda purposes to persuade individuals to use bore-hole latrines with washable cement seats'. The annotation differs only in the addition of the word 'portable' after the word 'cement'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
1940–1949 |
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20
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[Shed for hand worker machinery, Ogwofia]. An open-sided pyramid-shaped thatched hut. The pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'Shed erected by village to house hand worker machinery used to process fallen fruit. Small charge is made for use of machinery and money is put into village fund. Note man bringing basket of nuts for cracking. Other building [sic] left to right are:- Sub-dispensary Co-op shop Village Hall (practically invisible behind machionery shed)'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, a few bends.. |
1940–1949 |
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21
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Obinofia. Village centre. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'All the men women and children turned out to clear this site. Car has come by a 2 mile road built by voluntary labour. In background: improved latrines, machinery shed, co-op shop under construction. In foreground: foundations of village reading room'. The pencilled annotation has the following additional information 'this road goes another 12 miles to Obinofia Ndiagu (an offshoot of Obinofia [sic]'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, holed where previously pinned.. |
1940–1949 |
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22
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Obinofia. Co-operative Consumers' Shop. Showing the single storey stone building under construction. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'It is proposed here to run a Producers' Co-op as well as a Consumers'. The pencilled annotation additionally contains 'This is a departure from previous shops [the rest of the sentence is illegible]'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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23
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Improved latrines under construction at Obinofia.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, holed where previously pinned.. |
1940–1949 |
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24
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Nkanu Lepers' Village. General view looking along tree-shaded path towards buildings. The typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'Built by voluntary labour. Clan gave 2 square miles of land. 3 compounds built, each for 40 lepers, 1 for women and 2 for men. Village filled to capacity in 12 months and plan being made for extension. Lepers are self-supporting, but pay entrance fee of 30/. [?shillings] which is paid back at rate of 5/. per month to enable them to buy food until their farms are producing. Photo shows a path leading to one of the men's compounds'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, holed where previously pinned.. |
1940–1949 |
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25
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Nkanu Lepers' Village. One of the men's compounds. General view of long, single storied mud and thatch houses. The pencilled annotation on the reverse carries the same information as the typewritten caption.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, a few marks at edges.. |
1940–1949 |
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26
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Nkanu Lepers Village. General view. A pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'See earlier note'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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27
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Nkanu Lepers Village. Exterior view of the single storey stone hospital. The pencilled annotation on the reverse reads '4 bed hospital built by funds supplied from C W and D F (£109)'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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28
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Nkanu Lepers' Village. Village Hall. General view looking towards the single storey village hall. The typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'Note stony ground on slope. Stones used to mark paths. Later whole village to be terraced. Work already started'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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29
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Nkanu Lepers' Village. Village Hall. A close view of the hall. The typewritten caption (which is a duplicate of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'built from funds provided by the Publi Relations Office (£40) and the N.A. [Native Administration] (£60). Not built by voluntary labour - used for literacy classes and also as a chapel on Sundays'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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30
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Nkanu Lepers' Village. One of the staff houses. A single storey stone house with corrugated-iron roof.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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31
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Ewene Village. (Lepers). General view. The typescript caption and pencilled annotation both add 'Note flower beds'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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32
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Ewene Lepers Village. Clinic built by voluntary labour.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, holed where previously pinned and some bends.. |
1940–1949 |
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33
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Ewene Lepers' Village. Staff quarters. 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'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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34-62
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[Sleeping sickness service survey in the Anchau Corridor, c.1940].
Creator: Unknown. |
circa 1940 |
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63-67
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Mass Literacy experiment in Southern Nigeria.
Creator: Unknown. |
1944 |
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68-72
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Approved Institute for boys. Ishere, Nigeria.
Creator: Unknown. |
1940–1949 |
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73-93
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West Africans train for responsible posts, work of the Higher College.
Creator: Unknown. |
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94
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EvN 29-39 Woodcarving at Kings College, Lagos, Nigeria. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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95
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EvN 1a-36 Bookbinding lesson at the Holy Cross School at Lagos, Nigeria. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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96
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The main figure of the seven holy bronzes of Tada, Nigeria. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'It is of dark bronze, 3 ft 8 inches high, and is called 'Gago'. Gago is a title still used by the village chiefs in Idah, below Tada on the Niger. The head-dress of the figure consists of a tigh [sic] fitting helmet. At the front of back of it medallions are attached with a horned and moustached face on them. The close-fitting gown is richly decorated with designs'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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97
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EvN 9-37 The head of the most beautiful of the seven holy figures of Tada, Nigeria. 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.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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98
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EVN 14-32 A students [sic] of the Chief of the Brasscasters of the Oba of Benin [i.e. Benin City], working at a figure in wax for casting. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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99
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Chief of the Woodcarvers of the Oba of Benin [i.e. Benin City] examining a carving of one of his pupi[ls]. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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100
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EvN 6-12 A Yoruba mask worn at the traditional festival of Egugun. The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'and representing according to Nigerian belief, the spirit of an ancestor'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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101
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The innumerable stone figures of Esie, Nigeria. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They were discovered in a clearing amidst a grove of oil palms and other trees, the clearing itself bordered by peregun trees, a kind of aloes planted round holy places. The grove is today an important centre of the fertility cult. Natives of Esie found the figures about 1773. The grove was kept secret until 1933, when an English missionary was told about it by one of his African mission teachers'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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102
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EvN 11-18 [The stone figures of Esie, 1940s]. 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'.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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103
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EvN 20-6 A kiln for firing clay at Uyo School in Nigeria. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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104
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EvN 24-33 A carving showing a native Christian priest. 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.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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105
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EvN 28-12 Terracotta made by a pupil of the Government School at Ibadan. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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106
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EvN 28-14 A terracotta group by a student at the Governemtn School at Ibadan, Nigeria. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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107
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EvN 28-17 The kiln for firing terracottas at the Government School at Ibadan, Nigeria. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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108
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EvN 11-36 A Yoruba council house with carved door posts in the old traditional style at Omu, Nigeria. 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.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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109
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[Embroidery class for boys, Mohammedan School, Share, 1940s]. The typewritten caption on the reverse is torn but the following is legible 'vN 1o-22 [tear]upe boys doing traditional embroidery work [tear] the Mohammedan School at Share, Nigeria'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition, some ink spots.. |
1940–1949 |
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110
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[Weaving class, ?Mohammedan School, Share, 1940s]. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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111
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[Woodcarver, 1940s]. Showing a carver posed with the tools of his craft and specimens of his work. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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112
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[Display of carved figures, 1940s]. Photograh by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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113
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[Pottery, 1940s]. Showing a collection of large pots standing in a village square, with a mother and her children seated among them. Photoghraph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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114
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[Traditional head-dress, 1940s]. Showing a man wearing a hat decorated with carved figures. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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115
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[Carved wooden panel, 1940s]. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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116
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EvN 8-9 A painting exhibited in the school museum of the Government School at Ilorin, Nigeria. 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.
Creator: Lubinski, Margot, fl 1940-1949, photographer.
Good condition.. |
1940–1949 |
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