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Reeddi Capsule, solar powered portable battery

2021

Carved wooden stave with spike handle surmounted by kneeling figure with celt headdress

1851-1900

Model of a Lagos market boat

1900-1907

Carved wooden figure

1851-1900

Carved wooden stave with spike handle and rattle top

1851-1900

Carved wooden female figure with movable jaw and limbs

1870-1925

Model of a Lagos region dug-out fishing canoe

1900-1907
Clear glass specimen jar, paper lidded, containing strophanthus gratus seeds from Lagos, received April, 1910, in English jar, 1880-1920

Specimen jar containing strophanthus gratus seeds

1880-1920
Silver gelatin wirephoto print by Bill Penn for the Associated Press, dated 11 January 1967. Image shows President Christophe Soglo of Dahomey, Lagos, escorting film stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton through the presidential palace. Taylor and Burton were in Dahomey to film "The Comedians".

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton with President Christophe Soglo of Lagos

11 January 1967
Clear glass specimen jar, paper lid, containing strophanthus gratus seeds, from Lagos, via Imperial Instituts, London, 1906, English jar, 1880-1920

Specimen jar containing strophanthus gratus seeds

1880-1920