Object Details
sova.eepa.2000-007_ref593
- Local Numbers
- O-95/1951-1953 EEPA 2000-070085
- 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
- Cultural landscapes
- Vernacular architecture
- Religious buildings
- Shrines
- Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Culture
- Igbo (African people)
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- Simon Ottenberg photographs
- Extent
- 1 Slide (col.)
- Date
- 1951-1953
- Custodial History
- Donated by Simon Ottenberg, 2000.
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.2000-007, Item EEPA 2000-007-0085
- 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 December 1951 to March 1953.
- Original title reads, "Isi ikoro (head-drum), in the men's rest house for Agbogo ward, Mgbom Village. Technically it is a gong but it is called a drum at Afikpo. The rest house, called obiogo (obu ogo), is found for each ward in Mgbom and other villages as a rule. It is where, at the date of this research, masks of the men's society and other paraphernalia were stored. The isi ikoro is the head end of a large slit gong. It is the Mgbom Village drum. Before being played to announce a death, to call the villagers together, or for some important event, this seated male figure must be sacrificed to with a chicken, which accounts for all the feathers on it. The red cap signifies that the figure represents an elder who wear such caps. He has an eagle feather in the cap, signifying in the old days that he had taken a head. At the back side of the drum, in the dark, is a crudely carved figure of a female, undecorated." [Ottenberg field research notes, O Series,December 1951-March 1953].
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.2000-007_ref593
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EEPA
- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686718-1