"Jeune Indigène. Songerie. -- Native girl. Musing."

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Hand-tinted collotype postcard by Comptoirs Henri Dupuy, titled "38 - Jeune Indigène. Songerie. -- Native girl. Musing." Portrait of a Nigerian woman standing with her forearm resting against the trunk of a tree. She is wearing a headscarf, a wrap with striped pattern, and a gold necklace. The postcard was produced for the souvenir and tourist markets in colonial Nigeria. From the collection of William John Roberts, Liverpool-born merchant for The Lagos Stores, Ltd. Based in Nigeria, 1912-1914.