IDNO

LS.125498.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Games etc. Nigeria. 70.8.
Wrestling."

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.496, and captioned:
"XXXIX. AND XL.—Wrestling, or Kukua.
The wrestler gets his head as low as possible, and spars or a chance to catch hold of the other's body, often pulling his opponent's arm as a feint or to upset his balance." [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]