IDNO

LS.125421.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Bori. Nigeria. 68.42.
6 Spirits.
Mai-Lama in centre, his comrades from L-R.
1. Ba Jiu Chiwa (gripes).
2. Yaura (hard luck in gambling).
3. Sa’idi (children’s unknown ailments).
4. Zanyamuo (skin irritation).
5. Haukachi (lameness)."

On Leading Catalogue Card in S.67: "Nigeria.
Most of the Nigerian slides with white labels are those of A.J.N. Tremearne."

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Bori

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Tremearne, Arthur John Newman (Major)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1914

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Coloured

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915, The Ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa, (1914,
London, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd). Full text available on Internet Archive, http://archive.org/details/banofboridemonsd00trem. [JD 12/8/2013]