Edward Ross, with his truck, visiting Kanuri Chief Lawan Mustafa at his home in Konduga Village, 25 miles east of Maiduguri, and two other men. Mustafa is the headman of the village and is wearing an expensive embroidered blue cap and robe. It is the custom to visit the headman first when entering a village.

Collection type: Photograph
Description: Edward Ross, with his truck, visiting Kanuri Chief Lawan Mustafa at his home in Konduga Village, 25 miles east of Maiduguri, and two other men. Mustafa is the headman of the village and is wearing an expensive embroidered blue cap and robe. It is the custom to visit the headman first when entering a village.
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Borno State; Maiduguri; Konduga
Cultural groups: Kanuri Yerwa
Person: Named Person Edward Shearman Ross; Photographer Edward Shearman Ross; Named Person Lawan Mustafa; PRM source Sandra Miller Ross
Date / Period: Date of photograph: 09/1966
Acquisition information: Donated: 14/12/2018
Photographic process: Transparency Kodachrome
Dimensions: Image dimension 35 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.313.291

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