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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