Photographic Print

Black and white photographic print showing five young men dressed with elaborate costumes and surrounded by a crowd of people. The Brighton Museum and Art Gallery has the same photograph, and written in pencil on the back of the image is Fig. 38, p.126 / Poro boys in dancing costume, Juru, Gaura Country, Upper Mende / Alldridge Neg List No 44. Published as Figure 38 in T. J. Alldridge, 1901, The Sherbro and Its Hinterland (London: Macmillan). This is an albumen print.

Further Information

  • Type: Photographs
  • Object: Photographic Print
  • Materials: Paper
  • Culture Group: Mende
  • Dimensions: 112mm [L] x 158mm [W]
  • Production Date: 1850-1900
  • Associated Places: Juru, Gaura Country, Upper Mendi
  • Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Photographer)
  • Museum: British Museum
  • Accession Number: BM:Af.B84.27

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