Black and white lantern slides of a fallen silk cotton tree (Kapok) in Calabar. A group of children stands along the trunk whilst a single figure stands further up on the exposed root of the tree. Palm trees stand in the background. Such large silk cotton trees grew in Calabar, and were thought to be the abode of witches in some traditional beliefs. This slide comes from a set on mission, culture and industry in Calabar, southeast Nigeria generated by the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland (which was incorporated with the Church of Scotland in 1929.)
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78452
- Date published
- 1930/1940
- Dates
- 1930/1940
- Format
- Lantern slides Photographs
- Pages
- lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
- Place Discussed
- Africa Calabar Cross River Nigeria forests
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Nigeria
- Reference
- IMP-CSWC47-LS9-14.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/09de8310825fe78c56f47ef9507dde8e
