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Juju House
Image of the entrance to a Juju House in Calabar. There are two round clay pots outside the door and the walls of the house are decorated with tribal art.; Juju is a word of West African origin that refers to the supernatural powers ascribed to an object and also to the use of such objects. Juju houses in Calabar were built to house a dead man's spirit. It was outside a juju house that Mary Slessor delivered her first public message.
Photographer: Unknown
Filename: imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-015.tif
Coverage date: circa 1880
Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s
Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Archival file: impaunpub_Volume7/1289.url
Repository address: The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
Geographic subject (country): Nigeria
Format (aacr2): 1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
Geographic subject (continent): Africa
Rights: Contact the repository for details.
Part of series: Mary Slessor LS2
Repository email: divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
Subject (lcsh Keyword): Supernatural; Spirits; Tribal art
Date created: circa 1880
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (aat genre): exterior views
Format (aat): lantern slides
Legacy record ID: impa-m68159
Access conditions: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources
File: GB 237 CSWC47/LS2/15
Date circa 1880
date QS:P,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64412
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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