Catalogue description NIGERIA 6. Southern Nigeria Anthropological Survey; photographs by Northcote Whitridge...

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Details of CO 1069/60
Reference: CO 1069/60
Description:

NIGERIA 6. Southern Nigeria Anthropological Survey; photographs by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, Government Anthropologist, 1910-1914.

3,148 photographs of Nigerian people, communities and activities.

Date: 1909-1913
Arrangement:

The photographs are arranged in to 8 volumes.

Volumes 1 to 4 are photographs taken during Thomas' first anthropological tour.

Volumes 5 to 8 are photographs taken during Thomas' second and third anthropological tours.

The volumes are believed to have been compiled on Thomas' return to Britain. The arrangement of the photographs is themeatic but there is no comprehensive listing of photographs and few annotations.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Physical description: photographs and volumes
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Restrictions on use: Some photographs may remain in copyright
Access conditions: Open on Transfer
Record opening date: 29 April 2008
Unpublished finding aids:

Foreign and Commonwealth Library: Photograph Collection Catalogue: Nigeria 6

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