photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Af,A47.60
- Description
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Palm oil industry scene, in interior of a corrugated iron shelter. Adult males standing on and beside barrels, stove and tram lines. Three males using two long metal tools to move palm oil from cooking-pans to barrels. Males wearing loin-cloths, shirts, head-gear. European adult male standing beside barrel, wearing shirt, head-gear.
Albumen print.
- Production date
- 1895-1905
- Dimensions
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Length: 14.12 centimetres (AF/A47/60)
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Width: 20.30 centimetres (AF/A47/60)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- 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.
According to a caption in an album held by the Unilever archives at Port Sunlight, Merseyside, UK this image is entitled "Sampling a cask of palm oil with a dipstick for fatty acid content, impurities and moisture, 1896".
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1920-1960
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum (?).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,A47.60
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AF/CA47/60
