photographic print
- Museum number
- Af,A69.20
- Title
- Object: An Accra Musician
- Description
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Photograph (black and white) from an album; view of a studio portrait of a young man drapped in a white fabric that wraps around both his body and his head, singing and playing a percussion instrument. To the left a boy sits on a wicker dome and holds unidentified objects in either hand. Albumen print.
- Production date
- 1888-1889 (or earlier)
- Dimensions
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Length: 15.30 centimetres
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Width: 10.60 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Main Themes of Album: Group portraits, some taken at indigenous events and missions; European mission and indigenous buildings; studio portraits of people in indigenous costume.
Number of Photographs in Album: 34.
Circumstances: [VIV-] PIC DOC 75.
Biography: Unclear whether Vivian is photographer or just maker of album.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Image attached to acidic [?] album page.
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum?
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,A69.20