IDNO

P.145397.RDG

Description

"Dance at a kind of New Year's festival called "Sallan Wowa" celebrated about January at Nano, North Nigeria. ...
The man wears two horns." [Ridgeway's caption, c. 1908]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Nano [Sassanian empire]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.145342.RDG - P.145364.RDG were located in a white archive sleeve, now numbered C1000/, and transferred from MAA Paper Archives, W10/2/4, by Jos Dudding, 13/12/2019.

Publication: Ridgeway, William. “The Origin of the Turkish Crescent.” The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 38, 1908, pp. 241–258. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2843299. [JD 13/12/2019]