Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Kru Dancers
[between 1877-1895]
Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)
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.
Man, foreground, wrapped in a large cloth and perhaps hiding a second dancer under the cloth, dancing to the accompanyment of a group of adults and children, background, between 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "In Attitude of Kroo Dance." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)
- Recorded subjects
- Dance
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 16 x 20 mm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170001
Collection: West African photographs