Chief William Obobo Brown with his principal wives and daughter, Bonny, N.C.P.
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content: EEPA 1995-024-0052
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Nigeria
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content: W. H. Himbury photographs
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Brown was educated in Sierra Leone and England, and often allowed his family and entourage to be photographed. He was a prominent and influential Igbo Chief of Finima (Bonny) and successor to Chief Omuso as head of the Brown family. His son, Hon. Chief Henry Bowari Brown, O.B.E. died on the 1st of November, 1959.
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content: 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 13.5 x 20 cm.)
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content: [18--]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240052
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content: Archival materials
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content: Photographic prints
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content: Photographic prints
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content: Original caption reads: "Chief Wm Brown, principle [sic] wives and daughter; Bonny N.C.P. They're draped in traditional clothing, commemorating the importance of the occasion. Chief William Brown dons a stovepipe while the other lad (who might be his son - not confirmed) dons a boater/straw hat.