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Native obtaining Tombo
[18--]
Africa; 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.
Original caption reads: "Native obtaining Tombo (Palm Wine), (Bonny N.C.P.)." A native man, who has climbed to the top of the palm tree, is practically hidden among the large palm leaves.
- Collection
- W. H. Himbury photographs
- Catalog date
- [18--]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Nigeria
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 14 x 11 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240041
Collection: W. H. Himbury photographs