IDNO

LS.125496.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Games etc. Nigeria. 70.6.
Boxing."

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; Northern Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Hausa

Named Person

Photographer

Tremearne, Arthur John Newman (Major)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1913

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Hausa Superstitions and Customs; an Introduction to the Folk-lore and the Folk, opposite p.464, and captioned:
"XXXVII. and XXXVIII.—Boxing, or Dambe.
Blows may be dealt either with the bandaged left fist, or with either foot. The drum is often necessary in order to encourage the boxers to serious efforts." [JD 16/8/2013]

Bibliographical Reference: Hausa Superstitions and Customs; an Introduction to the Folk-lore and the Folk (1913), by Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915. (London, J. Bale, sons & Danielsson, ltd.). [JD 16/8/2013]