Photographic Print

Black and white photographic print showing a young man wearing a traditional robe and holding two short spears, standing outside a house. It is signed: T.J. Alldridge F.R.C.S. . The caption reads A young chief with two native spears made of country iron. Upper Mendi. West Africa . Published as Figure 65 in T. J. Alldridge, 1901, The Sherbro and Its Hinterland (London: Macmillan).

Further Information

• Type: Photographs
• Object: Photographic Print
• Materials: Paper
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: 1890-1900
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Photographer)
• Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
• Accession Number: BMAG:WA900241

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