Newspaper clippings about Old Calabar
date: label: Date
content: 1842-1845
name: label: Published by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Eyamba V, Nigerian
label: Interview of
content: Hugh Goldie
notes: label: Description
content: Two article clippings with an engraved color image. The article (a) describes, from the Western European perspective of Presbyterian missionary, Hugh Goldie, the funeral ceremonies, termed "Devil-making," for the late King Eyamba. One clipping (b) depicts a contextual map of Old Calabar; there is columned writing on its reverse side. An engraved drawing (c) of Efik Africans depicts two seated women, one wearing a white robe, the other in a blue robe with a baby on her back, flanking two men. The man on the left carries a bow and arrows, the man on the right wears a head-wrap and yellow sash-tied robe. He holds a spear in his proper left hand. A tall green-leaf palm tree is drawn behind the men.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Old Calabar, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.46.8.5abc
objectType: label: Type
content: clippings
label: Type
content: publications
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (long clipping): 6 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (16.2 × 5.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (map clipping): 4 × 4 1/8 in. (10.2 × 10.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 2 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.5 × 7.9 cm)