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Image Not Available for A circular grass hut, another form of architecture popular in Nigerian villages. The walls are of mud plaster, the thatching of grass, the roof upheld by stakes and by a large central pillar.
A circular grass hut, another form of architecture popular in Nigerian villages. The walls are of mud plaster, the thatching of grass, the roof upheld by stakes and by a large central pillar.
Image Not Available for A circular grass hut, another form of architecture popular in Nigerian villages. The walls are of mud plaster, the thatching of grass, the roof upheld by stakes and by a large central pillar.

A circular grass hut, another form of architecture popular in Nigerian villages. The walls are of mud plaster, the thatching of grass, the roof upheld by stakes and by a large central pillar.

Creator Emil Otto Hoppé (British, 1878 - 1972)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 20.4 x 25.8 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
Object number2002/5695
LocationNot currently on display

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