Institutional metadata
Add ID/s
AF/CA46/13 (copy print number)
Object Name/s
photographic print (black and white)
Technique/s
photographic process
Description (full)
Photograph (black and white), from an album; view of a shrine within a thatched structure with white-washed ridged walls. Depicts group of compressed earth sculptures: central male figure in coral bead regalia with hands supported by male and female attendants. Smaller male figure stands in front. All attendant figures have painted body decoration. Two rib-necked pots, on either side of central figure; small female figures breast-feeding children in front. Leopard figure in adjacent shrine at right proper. Southern Nigeria
Albumen print.
Dimension/s
Length: 14.00 cm~Width: 20.20 cm
Previous Owner
Previous owner/ex-collection: Arthur Henry Prest
Prod. Place/s
Photographed in: Nigeria (south)
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Representation of: Edo
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City (?)
Inscription/s
Inscription:~ Inscription details: annotation~ Inscription quoted: Album Title: "1st BENIN. WARRI. & SAPELE. 2nd NEW CALABAR. BONNY. OPOBO & QUA COUNTRY." [manuscript note on album paper].
Original Description: "Nice to fall amongst on a dark night" [manuscript note on album paper].
Curator's Comment/s
The photographs in collections Af,A46 and Af,A47 were originally contained in a songle album containing 176 photographs.
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A46-13