Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Front view of light Skin covered head collected by K. Nicklin, Nigeria
1973-10-15
African history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Original text on slide reads, "Front view of light Skin covered head collected by K. Nicklin (for H30?) in Ikom Div in 1973. Light- female. Note string marks over eyebrows and around knob. Tied while leather was wet. Will be on display at Oron Museum".
- Collection
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
- Archival grouping
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Ekoi, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
- Catalog date
- 1973-10-15
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Houlberg, Marilyn
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1048
Collection: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection