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Diviner performing the ogoha oha ceremony in Ezi Ume, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

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Diviner performing the ogoha oha ceremony in Ezi Ume, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria
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Object Details

sova.eepa.2000-007_ref1283
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76fcf719e-f501-4b26-b5ef-8c94709b470a
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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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.
Other Archival Materials
Simon Ottenberg Papers are located at the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
EEPA.2000-007_ref1283
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76fcf719e-f501-4b26-b5ef-8c94709b470a
EEPA.2000-007
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536864686513-1536864686843-5

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