photographic print

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Object Type
Museum number: Af,A62.105
Description: Photograph (black and white), from an album; view of detail of wall-paintings on Ibo Mbari house. Depicts adult male and female copulating, surrounded by abstract patterns. Section-view of figure standing at left, depiction of animal at right. Pillars and part of thatched-roof of building in foreground. Nigeria Gelatin silver print [?].
Producer name
Production date: 1927-1943 (circa;?)
Production place: Made in: Okwu (?); Made in: Niger Delta
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 10 centimetres; Width: 15.80 centimetres
Curator's comments: Some information supplied by N F Barley, 10/03/1998. Geography: Ethnic group and Niger Delta suggested by N F Barley, 10/03/1998. Similar images in same series taken at Okwu. Circumstances: [CHA-] PIC DOC 67? Unclear whether PIC DOC relates to whole album. Biography: [CHA-] PIC DOC 67? Unclear whether PIC DOC relates to whole album.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: painting/print; eroticism/sex
Associated ethnic name
Acquisition name
Acquisition notes: Copyright: British Museum?
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Af,A62.105

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