"Priests of the god of iron." Priests holding iron sword and other symbols of their god, Ogun. From a set of lantern slides entitled "Ilesha" introducing and describing Wesleyan Methodist work at the hospital and medical mission at Ilesha, a Yoruba town, the former capital of a kingdom ruled over by an Owa. Medical work began in 1916 with the opening of a dispensary. The construction of a hospital followed in the 1920s.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12094
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- Lantern slides, 8 x 8 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Nigeria Osun
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Nigeria
- Reference
- impa-m12094 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-SOA-MMS-06-20-23-09
- Rights
- Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library docenquiry@soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/3c714287489c130f90a7cb4af7790fef
