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Showing posts with label 1880s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1880s. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Three Men

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Three men, probably from an Igbo town around the Niger River, photographed by William Henry Crosse, part of the Royal Niger Company, 1886 -...
Sunday, March 8, 2020

Òtù Ọdụ

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"Rich Women. Onitsha. (church members.)" G. F. Packer, 1880s. Pitt Rivers Museum. These women are likely part of the Ndị Ọdụ, ...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Ndị Ìgbò

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An unidentified group portrait taken by a Royal Niger Company employee c. 1886 - 1895. Based on other photos, these could be people from t...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Ndị Otu Ọdụ

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"Rich Women. Onitsha. (church members.)" G. F. Packer, 1880s. Pitt Rivers Museum. These women are likely part of the Ndị Ọdụ o...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Ahaba or Onicha woman

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A photo of a woman taken around the Niger River, likely Ahaba (or Asaba) or Onicha (Onitsha) [partially cropped]. Photographed by Henry Cro...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

'Fishery in the Lower Niger'

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Image: 'Fishery in the Lower Niger' c. 1890 engraving from the travels of the officer of the French Foreign Legion, Antoine Mattei....
Sunday, March 3, 2019

Igbo family

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What is likely an Igbo family from Onicha (no known documentation left), photographed by William Henry Crosse, part of the Royal Niger Com...
Friday, April 13, 2018

King Oputa of "Ogbekin"

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An illustration of King Oputa of "Ogbekin", an Igbo settlement noted to be near the Oshimiri (Niger River) from the book Niger e...