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Africa; Nigeria

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Line drawing of slide #59-2 by HJ Drewal. [A1992-028-09091] (Dahomey, Ohori, Aba market. Woman w/kolo done by Agbo, from Isede) [no numbers to correspond to field notes].

Collection
Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection
Archival grouping
Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Nigeria
Recorded places
Africa; Nigeria
Cataloged creator or photographer
Drewal, Henry John; Drewal, Margaret Thompson
Recorded subjects
Body marking -- Africa; Body arts
Format and extent
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
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Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: EEPA.1992-028, Item EEPA 1992-028-09092

Collection: Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection

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