Group Portrait on the Banks of the Niger River

A photograph depicting six individuals positioned on a vegetated embankment by a body of water. Two people are seated on the curved trunk of a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), while four others sit on the ground in the lower right. The subjects wear waist-level wraps, and two individuals in the terrestrial group wear headwraps. The background consists of dense tropical vegetation and the water reflects the surrounding flora. This image was captured by Dr. William Henry Crosse during his tenure as Principal Medical Officer of the Royal Niger Company.