H x W (long clipping): 6 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (16.2 × 5.3 cm)
H x W (map clipping): 4 × 4 1/8 in. (10.2 × 10.4 cm)
H x W (Image): 2 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.5 × 7.9 cm)
Type:
clippings
publications
Place depicted:
Old Calabar, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Date:
1842-1845
Description:
Two article clippings with an engraved color image. The article (a) describes, from the Western European perspective of Presbyterian missionary, Hugh Goldie, the funeral ceremonies, termed "Devil-making," for the late King Eyamba. One clipping (b) depicts a contextual map of Old Calabar; there is columned writing on its reverse side. An engraved drawing (c) of Efik Africans depicts two seated women, one wearing a white robe, the other in a blue robe with a baby on her back, flanking two men. The man on the left carries a bow and arrows, the man on the right wears a head-wrap and yellow sash-tied robe. He holds a spear in his proper left hand. A tall green-leaf palm tree is drawn behind the men.
