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Image Not Available for In contrast to the hidden daggers, Hausa people can be quite servile and will squat on the ground and greet you in a rather frog-like manner.
In contrast to the hidden daggers, Hausa people can be quite servile and will squat on the ground and greet you in a rather frog-like manner.
Image Not Available for In contrast to the hidden daggers, Hausa people can be quite servile and will squat on the ground and greet you in a rather frog-like manner.

In contrast to the hidden daggers, Hausa people can be quite servile and will squat on the ground and greet you in a rather frog-like manner.

Creator Emil Otto Hoppé (British, 1878 - 1972)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16.1 x 20.4 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
Object number2002/5699
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for A Hausa man stands with arms crossed in a peaceful manner. In reality he is ready at a moment's notice to bare the daggers and stand his ground.
A Hausa man stands with arms crossed in a peaceful manner. In reality he is ready at a moment's notice to bare the daggers and stand his ground.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A Hausa man shows how daggers are fastened to both forearms and hidden by his garmet.
A Hausa man shows how daggers are fastened to both forearms and hidden by his garmet.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A Hausa man with daggers is an eerie and dangerous sight.
A Hausa man with daggers is an eerie and dangerous sight.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for You might think that this is a fruit stall, but you would be wrong. This stall is far more exciting -- it is a stall where you may buy all manner of healing roots.
You might think that this is a fruit stall, but you would be wrong. This stall is far more exciting -- it is a stall where you may buy all manner of healing roots.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Rather morbid, this stall, for it shows a display of bones and skins, and the smell is not too good either. The unaccustomed purchaser gets rather a shock, coming across a stall of grinning skulls, but they say that skulls are very effective both as charm
Rather morbid, this stall, for it shows a display of bones and skins, and the smell is not too good either. The unaccustomed purchaser gets rather a shock, coming across a stall of grinning skulls, but they say that skulls are very effective both as charm
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for You can also buy a fine skin, if your taste in interior decoration runs that way.
You can also buy a fine skin, if your taste in interior decoration runs that way.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The aboriginals of Australia take their football seriously, like everyone else. The game is a real fight to the finish - war pain and all.
The aboriginals of Australia take their football seriously, like everyone else. The game is a real fight to the finish - war pain and all.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Nothing sinister going on here….no dope, just a flask in his pocket and for all you know that may contain coco-cola.
Nothing sinister going on here….no dope, just a flask in his pocket and for all you know that may contain coco-cola.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for If you want to cure an illness, take a pick-me-up, make a friend or an enemy… there are roots this this market which are said to do all these things.
If you want to cure an illness, take a pick-me-up, make a friend or an enemy… there are roots this this market which are said to do all these things.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The girls can study or read for their pleasure in the beautiful library….no noise is the rule here.
The girls can study or read for their pleasure in the beautiful library….no noise is the rule here.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
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