photographic print(black & white)
- Museum number
- Af,A47.1
- Description
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View across a river of a boat regatta festival in front of a two-storey building. Crowds standing on river bank and on covered platform at river's edge. Large canoes on river in foreground and by river bank. Flags hung below first floor verandah of building. Sign on verandah saying "GOD SAVE THE KING". Flag-pole with flag flying at left. Warri, Niger Delta
Medium: Black and white, possibly a gelatin silver print.
- Production date
- 1890-1920
- Dimensions
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Length: 15.52 centimetres (AF/A47/1)
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Width: 20.90 centimetres (AF/A47/1)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This photograph is similar to others collected by Sir Manuel Raymond Menendez, see Af,A50.38-43; Af,A50.91 and 92 and Af,A50,179.
Albums Af,A46 and Af,A47 were originally in one album containing 176 photographs.
Main themes of album: Views of indigenous and European settlements, trading stations, roads, and Christian cemeteries. Portraits of European and indigenous people.
Geography: Bonny suggested by N F Barley as the location. See building depicted in Af,A46/86.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1920-1960
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum (?).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,A47.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AF/CA47/1