Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS b/37/256
Title
Copy letter from P. A. Talbot to J. G. Frazer
Date(s)
- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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1 item; typescript copy
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Name of creator
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Scope and content
Iket, Nr. Calabar, Southern Nigeria, West Africa. Dated April 3rd, 1913 - Is apologetic that Frazer has not received his latest book ['In the Shadow of the Bush']; tells a story of how ethnological research saved his life, by learning about the sacred 'Lake of Life' (with fish carrying the souls of men) and protecting it, earning the trust of the locals.