Object Details
sova.eepa.2000-007_ref1283
- Local Numbers
- 581/1959-1960 EEPA 2000-070775
- 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
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Priests
- Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
- 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 2000-007-0775
- 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, "Replacing and renewing the Egbo protective shrine at the entrance to Ezi Ume compound, Mgbom Village. The diviner (dibia) is Ewa Enyi from Evuma Village, an elder, with his red cap. The ceremony is called ogoha oha. It is done whenever the Egbo deteriorates. Oko Chukwu and his brother, my friend and sculptor Chukwu Okoro, as the senior men of the small compound, assist as well as others. The various paraphernalia that the diviner has brought in a bag laid out for use in this elaborate rite. There is a coconut and an ocici bowl, and a tortoise shell, which the diviner knocks with a stick to call up his spirit of divination. The tortoise shell and a bag containing medicines." [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_ref1283
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EEPA.2000-007
EEPA
- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686843-5