View of a passenger or transport boat or launch (the 'Daisy') near a landing stage on the river or creek at Ughoton ['Gwato'].

Collection type: Photograph
Description: View of a passenger or transport boat or launch (the 'Daisy') near a landing stage on the river or creek at Ughoton ['Gwato'].
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Edo
Person: Photographer Herbert Sutherland Walker; Photographer Reginald Kerr Granville; Expedition or compiler Herbert Sutherland Walker; Expedition or compiler 1897 Benin City "Punitive Expedition"; PRM source Mark Walker
Date / Period: Date of photograph: 16/03/1897
Acquisition information: Donated: 13/09/2019
Photographic process: Print gelatin silver
Dimensions: Height x Width 74 x 102 mm, Height x Width 190 x 240 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2019.32.2.72
Research and responses: This photograph was taken on 16 March 1897: 'Reached Gwato 10.30 a.m. Thence by launch to S.Y. "Ivy" 1.30 p.m.' (Pitt Rivers Museum, 2019.32.2, page 87, diary entry of 16 March 1897.)

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