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Creator Jarvis, J. F. (John Fillis), 1849-1931.
Title Wrestling for a bride, Dahomey, Africa. [graphic].
Publisher Washington, D.C. : J.F. Jarvis, publisher
Date [1894]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; 9 x 18 cm (3.5 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description Stereoview depicting a tableau vivant with a racialized tone in a studio setting in which two Black men attired in sarongs, face each other, and are in lunged stances. Behind them, to the left, three Black men, attired in sarongs, stand in front of a hut and palm trees, and watch the "wrestling" men. The kingdom of Dahomey established about 1600 by the Fon people became the independent country Republic of Dahomey, and was renamed Benin in 1975.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from series title printed below title.
Distributor's imprint printed on mount: Sold by Underwood & Underwood. New York, Liverpool, Toronto-Canada, Ottowa, Kansas.
Title printed on verso in six different languages.
J.F. Jarvis was the largest manufacturer of stereoviews in Washington D.C. during the late 19th century. He published his own trade list and numerous views of government surveys.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject Fon (African people)
Wrestling -- Benin.
Racialization and visual culture.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Printer Underwood, Bert Elias, 1862-1943, associated name.
Underwood & Underwood, distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereos - - misc. photo - Jarvis [P.2016.13.38]
Accession number P.2016.13.38