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A man and woman wearing neck rings and waist cords in front of a thatched house.
A man and woman in front of a thatched structure, photographed by William Henry Crosse, circa 1886-1895.

A photograph depicting a man and a woman standing in front of a vernacular architectural structure. The man, on the left, stands upright with a direct gaze, wearing a thin neck ring and a minimalist waist garment. The woman, on the right, is positioned in a three-quarter profile with arms crossed over her chest, wearing multiple stacked neck rings and a thin cord encircling her waist. The background structure features a thick thatched roof and earthen walls. This image is part of the Crosse Collection at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, taken between 1886 and 1895 during the operations of the Royal Niger Company.

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Onyeka Nwokike

Sep 16, 2026

The image may have been donated to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology by the Reverend Canon Charles Henry Robinson. Robinson utilized several of Crosse's photographs in his 1900 publication, Nigeria: Our Latest Protectorate, for which he received permission from Sir George Goldie, the founder of the Royal Niger Company (MAA Cambridge).

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