Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Nigerian Women
[between 1877-1895]
Africa
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.
Portrait of six Nigerian women with ivory rings on their legs, between 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Niger Women, with Ivory Rings on the Legs." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa
- Recorded subjects
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 14 x 20 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170084
Collection: West African photographs
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