M0005685: A member of the Ekpe Society in the costume of Ekpe, a spirit who presides at society ceremonies, southern Nigeria

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Reproduction of two photographs of a member of the Ekpe secret society dressed in the costume of Ekpe (also known as Mgbe). The photographs were published in Talbot, P. A.: <i>The peoples of Southern Nigeria: a sketch of their history, ethnology and languages</i>, Volume III, London: Oxford University Press, 1926. Copies of the book images were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10940 and PHO 10941).

M0005685: A member of the Ekpe Society in the costume of Ekpe, a spirit who presides at society ceremonies, southern Nigeria

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