photographic print

Object Type
photographic print
Museum number
Af,B54.27
Description
Picture of a Igbo palm wine tapper carrying a climbing rope and calabash over shoulder. Holding a machet in his right hand. Wearing loin-cloth. Standing beside building with corrugated metal roof, wall-paintings depicting animals.
Medium: Gelatin silver print.
Producer name
Photographed by: J Stöcker (?)
Production date
1880-1939 (?)
Production place
Made in: Nigeria (south)
Africa: sub-Saharan Africa: Nigeria
Technique
gelatin silver printing
Dimensions
Length: 6.60 centimetres
Width: 6.50 centimetres
Inscriptions
  • Inscription type: annotation
  • Inscription content: "61" [manuscript on back; see [STO-] PIC DOC for description in German].
Curator's comments
Equipment probably for gathering palm-oil - rope is for climbing tree. N F Barley, 19/01/1997.
Circumstances: [STO-] PIC DOC 33.
Biography: Uncertain whether previous owner is also photographer. T Cotterill, 14/10/1997.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
painting/print
agricultural worker
harvesting/haymaking
palm oil industry
Associated ethnic name
Representation of: Igbo
Acquisition name
Purchased from: J Stöcker
Acquisition date
1939
Acquisition notes
Copyright: British Museum?
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Af,B54.27