Nigerian artefacts from Bida and Kano

Describing the significant artefacts that JJ collected from his time working as an engineer in Nigeria (1914-1934). JJ brought the artefacts to Pendeen in 1946 and there they remained until the house was sold in 2015. Some of the brassware are inscribed ‘Bida”[1] others and the silver bowls are inscribed “Kano”[2]. The other significant brass …