Object Details
sova.eepa.2000-007_ref810
- Local Numbers
- 80/1959-1960 EEPA 2000-070302
- 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
- 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 2000-007-0302
- 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, "Just inside entrance to Ezi Akputa compound, Mgbom Village, making a mat (ubongwa) for a roof. My field assistant Tom Ibe at center, of the Ikogo age grade, which is repairing Osigbo's mother's house. Man on the left is of this grade, man on the right of grade below, Ndiago." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part I].
- "The compound is called Ezi followed by the name of its founder, who is also usually the original ancestor of the patrilineage. The houses in many compounds, particularly those increasing in population, are built wall to wall and back to back, separated by narrow alleyways and streets winding tortuously here and there. There is usually a separate house for each man and for each woman and her children. New houses in the compound are constructed for a person by young age sets in the major lineage under the watchful eye of the uke ekpe grade and the major lineage elders. Any male member, or any independent woman associated with a minor patrilineage may erect a house on unused compound land. Once built, the house and the land on which it stands become the property of the minor patrilineage." [Ottenberg S., 1968: Double Descent 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-1536864686513-1536864686756-3