cover image: Boy with tribal markings, Nigeria, ca. 1925

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Boy with tribal markings, Nigeria, ca. 1925

Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing a young Nigerian boy with tribal markings temporarily painted onto his body. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944. The hospital was run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
boys ethnic groups tribes indigenous cultures body art profiles (figures)

Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77974
Date published
1920/1930
Dates
1920/1930
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-7-1-14.tif
Rights
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/09237c8ca907cad806959b30a314e745

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