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Portuguese Folk Dancers
April 1965
Portuguese folk dancers in traditional dress, performing in the open air on a raised stage at Santo Tirso (Norte, Portugal).
Portuguese Folk Dancers
April 1965
Portuguese folk dancers in traditional dress, performing in the open air on a raised stage at Santo Tirso (Norte, Portugal).
Portuguese Folk Dancers
April 1965
Portuguese folk dancers in traditional dress, performing in the open air on a raised stage at Santo Tirso (Norte, Portugal).
Portuguese Folk Singers
April 1965
Group of male Portuguese folk singers ready to perform in the open air on a raised stage at a location in Alentejo (Portugal).
"Gypsy Wedding"
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken in 1910 of the wedding of Sally Penfold to Mr. Orchard at Holsworthy (Devon). The bride and groom, and their guests, stand in a field in the open. The second man from the le...
Innovation and Change in the Celebration of Christmas in the Ukrainian Community of Lower Hurst
Drinkwater, Jane Margaret
1976
A study of a community of Ukrainian immigrants living in the Lower Hurst area of Greater Manchester, near Ashton-under-Lyne, with particular reference to customs and beliefs associated with their cele...
Salient Features of the Yoruba Oral Tale
Olayemi, Rufus V K
1971
M.A. dissertation on the oral tales told by the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. Section One contains chapters on the Yoruba people, the oral tale in Yorubaland, the structure and types of tale to...
Ejagham Male
Ebot, Wilson Atem
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph, of a seated Ejagham male, possibly a doctor and diviner. He uses his right hand to pour water onto the ground from a bowl next to him.
Cult-Agency
Ebot, Wilson Atem
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph of a cult-agency object, consisting of a wooden shaft with feathers bound to the top. This type of object is believed by the Ejagham to possess supernatural powers wh...
Bag and Boar's Tooth
Ross, Mr
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph of items used with Ejagham divining chains. On the left is the bag in which the chains are stored; on the right is a boar's tooth used by the diviner to tap on the ma...
A Popular Singing Tradition of an Area of South-East London
Wetton, Anne Lindsey
1974
A collection of popular songs recorded in 1973/1974 from informants living in and around the Bexleyheath area of London. Text and (some) tune transcriptions are presented, with comments from the colle...
Igbo Lineage Head
Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of an Igbo lineage head (elderly male) from the Nigerian East Central State, holding an ofa, a stick which symbolises the ritual and political authorit...