Object Details
sova.eepa.2000-007_ref1220
- Local Numbers
- 508/1959-1960 EEPA 2000-070712
- 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
- Religious buildings
- 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 2000-007-0712
- 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, "Matrilineal shrine (nja), ezi Ozo compound, Ugwuego village. The major shrine for Ibokwo matrilineal clan, the second small structure on the left. The shrine is a small house, about three feet high. It moves to wherever at Afikpo the new male priest lives when the old one dies. Afikpo has both patrilineal (residential) and matrilineal (dispersed) descent groupings. The small house in front is an abandoned one of another matrilineal group whose priest has moved. The structure in the background is a residence." [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_ref1220
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EEPA.2000-007
EEPA
- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686832-3