Object Details
sova.eepa.2000-007_ref1212
- Local Numbers
- 500/1959-1960 EEPA 2000-070704
- General
- Title source: Dr. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
- Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Collection Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Topic
- Shrines
- Cultural landscapes
- Vernacular architecture
- Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Culture
- Igbo (African people)
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- Simon Ottenberg photographs
- Extent
- 1 Slide (col.)
- Date
- 1959-1960
- Custodial History
- Donated by Simon Ottenberg, 2000.
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.2000-007, Item EEPA 2000-007-0704
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides
- Color slides
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960.
- Original caption reads, "Site of the Afikpo Yam priest, who each year harvests his yams before others may in a ceremony, marking the beginning of the ceremonial season. Usually about september. He decides when his yams, grown in one or two yam heaps (alternating every year) are ready to harvest. Yams are the major ceremonial food at Afikpo, much prized, often large in size. His home and ritual center. One of the yam heaps is in back." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part II].
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.2000-007_ref1212
Large EAD
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EEPA.2000-007
EEPA
- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686831-1