Two article clippings with an engraved color image. The article (a) describes, from the Western European perspective of Presbyterian missionary, Hugh Goldie, the funeral ceremonies, termed "Devil-making," for the late King Eyamba. One clipping (b) depicts a contextual map of Old Calabar; there is columned writing on its reverse side. An engraved drawing (c) of Efik Africans depicts two seated women, one wearing a white robe, the other in a blue robe with a baby on her back, flanking two men. The man on the left carries a bow and arrows, the man on the right wears a head-wrap and yellow sash-tied robe. He holds a spear in his proper left hand. A tall green-leaf palm tree is drawn behind the men.
| Date | 1842-1845 |
| Published by | Unidentified |
| Subject of | Eyamba V, Nigerian |
| Interview of | Hugh Goldie |
| Place depicted | Old Calabar, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa |
| Medium | ink on wove paper |
| Dimensions | H x W (long clipping): 6 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (16.2 × 5.3 cm) |
| Dimensions | H x W (map clipping): 4 × 4 1/8 in. (10.2 × 10.4 cm) |
| Dimensions | H x W (Image): 2 15/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.5 × 7.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| Object number | 2018.46.8.5abc |
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