Object Details
sova.eepa.2000-007_ref654
- Local Numbers
- O-165/1951-1953 EEPA 2000-070146
- 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
- Body arts
- 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 2000-007-0146
- 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, "Man taking ukie chi title, Ezi Ukwu compound, Ndibe Village. Another wife of uhie chi title taker painting camwood on his legs in front of his house, for the event." [Ottenberg field research notes, O Series,December 1951-March 1953].
- "In afikpo there are some twenty different named titles (meme), for men and three for women. These are not forms of address but positions acquired by joining a title society. The societies are variously organized on the basis of compounds, wards, groups of villages, and Afikpo as a whole; some are secret and associated with the village secret society, while other are public. A person joins a title society by feasting its members, presenting them the title fee in money or goods or both, which are then divided among the members. Both the secret and nonsecret titles that a person has taken are generally known and add to his prestige and influence. There was no central shrine for all amadi in Afikpo, but there was an amadi center for each of the five subgroups of Afikpo, where the first shrine established in that subgroup was located. This division was for the taking of a certain title, uhie ci, for the division of money and goods collected in return for judging certain disputes, and for the members to meet together." [Ottenberg S., 1971: Leadership and Authority in an African Society; the Afikpo Village-Group. University of Washington Press].
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686729-3