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H. V. Meyerowitz

British artist and colonial administrator (1900–1945)

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Images by H. V. Meyerowitz

6 images from works
  • Benin: a healing ceremony during which patients prepare for their illness to be driven into the chickens they are holding, who will then be sacrificed to the god Legba. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Iloffa, Nigeria: a Yoruba girl selling dried rats and mice for medicinal use, from a basket in the marketplace. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Benin: a healing ceremony during which patients are swept with brooms after their illness has been driven into some chickens. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Iloffa, Nigeria: a Yoruba girl selling dried rats and mice for medicinal use, from a basket in the marketplace. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Benin: a woman and child with braided hairstyles. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Ghana: a child holding an Akuaba doll. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.

Works from the collections

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    Benin: a healing ceremony during which patients prepare for their illness to be driven into the chickens they are holding, who will then be sacrificed to the god Legba. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.

    H. V. Meyerowitz | Date: 1900-1999 | Reference: 580839i
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    Ethiopia: a Gurage woman tattooing another on the wrist. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.

    H. V. Meyerowitz | Date: [between 1940 and 1960?] | Reference: 645184i
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    Ghana: a child holding an Akuaba doll. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.

    H. V. Meyerowitz | Date: 1900-1999 | Reference: 580840i
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    Benin: a woman and child with braided hairstyles. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.

    H. V. Meyerowitz | Date: 1900-1999 | Reference: 580512i
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    Benin: a healing ceremony during which patients are swept with brooms after their illness has been driven into some chickens. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.

    H. V. Meyerowitz | Date: 1900-1999 | Reference: 580833i
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