Research papers and publications, 1944-1990
File
MSS. Afr. s. 2535/3
Papers and publications relating to Philip Allison's research into art and antiquities in Nigeria comprising:
- 'The First Travelling Commissioners of the Ekiti Country'. Typescript article by Allison, n.d. [c. 1950], with manuscript amendments, background notes and detailed map of the Abeokuta Group.
- Correspondence and papers, 1944-1990, relating to the Yoruba sculptor, Olowe of Ise (d. 1938) whom Allison met in the 1930s. With photographic prints and negatives of carvings by Olowe.
- Correspondence relating to Life in the White Man's Grave with reviews and press coverage, 1988-1990.
- Published articles and notes by Allison: 'Carved Stone Figures in the Ekoi Country of the Middle Cross River, Eastern Nigeria', Man, vol. LXII, Feb 1962; 'Historical Inferences to be Drawn from the Effect of Human Settlement on the Vegetation of Africa', Journal of African History, III, 2 (1962); 'Newly Discovered Stone Figures from the Yoruba Village of Ijara, Northern Nigeria', Man, no. 115, Jun 1963; 'A Terra-Cotta Head in the Ife Style from Ikirun, Western Nigeria', Man, no. 194, Oct 1963; 'A Carved Stone Figure of Eshu from Igbajo, Western Nigeria', Man, no. 131, Jul-Aug 1964; 'Stone Statues of Eastern Nigeria: a New Survey of the Great Hard-Stone Monoliths of the Cross River', The Illustrated London News, 26 Sep 1964; review of 'Archaeology and Nigeria' by Thurstan Shaw (Ibadan, 1964), Man, no. 180, Sep-Oct 1965; 'A century of Zimbabwe', The Illustrated London News, Sep 1971; 'African Ethnography from Kew', The British Museum Quarterly, vol. XXIX, nos. 3-4, 1975; 'Stone Sculpture of the Cross River, Nigeria', Bollettino del Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, vol. XIII-XIV, 1976; 'The Crown, the Commoners and the Conservationists', Hampshire: the county magazine, vol. 29, no. 7, May 1989.
Dates
- Creation: 1944-1990
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 2535/3
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