Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Boys paddling Sam Yubis's canoe, Opobo, Nigeria
[between 1877-1895]
Africa; Opobo Town Nigeria -- Photographs
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.
Canoe with around thirty boys manning the paddles, Opobo Town, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Sam Yubis's canoe and boys, Opobo.".
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Opobo Town Nigeria -- Photographs
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 10.5 x 15.5 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170078
Collection: West African photographs