IDNO

T.172933.PH

Description

On Manual Listing: "Rural Kano Negs 28 to 91Q'.
36. A woman picking lille (henna) at Kirimbo - see R.K [Rural Kano]." [Hill's caption]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Northern Nigeria; Kano; Kirimbo

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Hill, Polly

Collector / Expedition

Date

November 1971

Collection Name

Polly Hill Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.773001.PH - T.773189.PH were located in a cardboard box, now numbered C773/.

T.172926.PH - T.172999.PH were located in a brown envelope, now numbered C773/2.

Bibliographical reference: Rural Kano: Hill, P. (1977) Population, prosperity and poverty : rural Kano 1900 and 1970. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp.92. "There are many miles of lille (henna) (lalle) hedges, serving as farm-boundaries, in Doyari, the leaves from which provide both men and women with a useful income." [LB 14/08/2024]