Institutional metadata
Add ID/s
AF/CA46/18 (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 group of men in a clearing with mature trees behind. Three men sit behind tables in centre of photograph. Man at right proper table wears brimmed hat and checked shirt; European man with moustache in centre wears pith helmet and buttoned jacket; man at left proper wears peaked cap and buttoned uniform jacket. Tables covered with dark-coloured cloths with papers on the central and left proper tables. Three seated chiefs at each side wear wrappers, shirts and hats. Standing male figures behind variously wear traditional clothing or military uniforms. Southern Nigeria
Albumen print.
Dimension/s
Length: 14.04 cm~Width: 19.70 cm
Previous Owner
Previous owner/ex-collection: Arthur Henry Prest
Prod. Place/s
Photographed in: Nigeria (south)
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Representation of: European Peoples
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: "Native Council of Principal Chiefs" [manuscript note on album paper].
Curator's Comment/s
The chief sitting behind the desk at right proper is Paramount Chief Dore Numa. The photographs in collections Af,A46 and Af,A47 were originally icontained in single album containing 176 photographs.
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A47-18