Extent:

146 Negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 4 x 5 in.)

146 Photographic prints (dupe prints (2 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)

67 Photographic prints (albumen, black & white, 25 x 30 cm.)

79 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 16 x 11 cm. or smaller)

Container:

Item 146

Box 1

Volume 1

Volume 2

Culture:

Fulbe (African people)  Search this

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Nupe (African people)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Photographic prints

Place:

Bida (Nigeria)

Africa

Date:

1900-1905

Summary:

Photographs belonging to the fiancée of Mr. A.E. Ball, a missionary with the Church Missionary Society in Bida, Nigeria (Nupe). While she was waiting for him in England, he sent numerous photographs with penciled explanations to her, which she kept even after the engagement had ended. Many of the images appear to be the work of A.W. Banfield, a Canadian missionary and a contemporary of A.E. Ball, whose photographs are now in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Identical images are found in Banfield's book, Life Among the Nupe Tribe, (1905). Twenty-five of the images are portraits of African men and women in the style and size of cartes de visite. Many more of the images include group photographs of Africans and Europeans. A third subject found among the images is architecture. These images include Nupe buildings in Bida, a cathedral in the Canary Islands, a mosque and the High Commissioner's bungalow in Zumgeru.

Arrangement note:

Images indexed by negative number.

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Identifier:

EEPA.1997-014

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e3fd0451-2fa0-4cc8-97b9-e21ff95ba657

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1997-014