Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Long John War Chiefs & Ju Ju Doctors
[18--]
Africa; Nigeria
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.
Original caption reads: "Long John War Chiefs & Ju Ju Doctors receiving Mr. Russell of Afr. Assn. & Mr. W.H. Himbury who have come to attend funeral ceremony." The War Chiefs, dressed in old colonial military uniforms, are lined up along the entrance of the village. The Ju Ju Doctors, donned in their native attire and headdresses that covers their faces, are seen standing in the center of the village.
- Collection
- W. H. Himbury photographs
- Catalog date
- [18--]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Nigeria
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 14 x 21 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240038
Collection: W. H. Himbury photographs