IDNO

P.39341.NWT

Description

On Negative Listing: "577.
?26, 29, 30.
[female symbol] dancing.
78. 1/100". dev [written in blue pencil].
a, b [written in blue pencil]." [Thomas' manuscript on RAI MS 467-1(1-900)]

In Blench and Alexander Catalogue for N. W. Thomas photograph collection: “577 location: Ijeba; artefacts: physical type; associations: dancing” [printed text]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Ijeba

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

Collector / Expedition

Date

1909 - 1913

Collection Name

Northcote Thomas Collection

Source

Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This print was previously stored in a drawer. The cataloguer has marked the drawer C72/ and the envelope in which this print was kept C72/1/.

There is a record in the Blench and Alexander catalogue for ‘577a’, however the number scratched into the negative is 577, and there is a record for that number whose conent appears to correspond with this photograph.

Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 29/10/2012]