Record

LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC278 Z1
TitlePhotographs of Panyam, Northern Nigeria
Extent53 items
Datec 1924-c 1927
DescriptionThese photographs are mainly of Panyam and people of the Fulani tribe. Captions as below:

/1-2: 'Native iron smelting'
/9: 'Stone bridge at Mongu'
/21: 'Roofing a mud hut'
/23: 'Men's dance'
/26: 'Sura and Hausa tribesmen'
/33: 'Mrs. Vineycombe and companion on train from Lagos to Jos, Sep 1924'
/38, 43: 'CMS compound, Panyam, showing Miss Meeson's house and guest house'
/44: 'Pagan compound, Panyam'
/50: '"Evil spirit" or "wankan" guarding native grain threshers'
/52: 'Half-ton Ford lorry, 1925'.
NotesFor preservation reasons, the photographs have been packaged in archive polyester pockets and a clamshell box.
LocationCMS clamshell box shelves: 39/F/2.
Access StatusOpen

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