Photographic Print

Black and white photographic print showing an old man sitting on a slatted seat and surrounded by three women with bleached cloths, or lappa s, wrapped around their waist. The man is wearing a traditional gown and cap and a large number of elephant pad bangles. Written in pencil on the back of the is Fig. 56, p.173 / Upper Mendi Chief wearing elephant pad bangles / Alldridge Neg List No 10 . Published as Figure 56 in T. J. Alldridge, 1901, The Sherbro and Its Hinterland (London: Macmillan). Same as BMAG:WA900247.

Further Information

• Type: Photographs
• Object: Photographic Print
• Materials: Paper
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 165mm x 125mm
• Production Date: 1880-1900
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Photographer)
• Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
• Accession Number: BMAG:WA900255

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