Object Details
sova.eepa.2000-007_ref815
- Local Numbers
- O-85/1951-1953 EEPA 2000-070307
- 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
- Vernacular architecture
- 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 2000-007-0307
- 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, "Second funeral or memorial, known in English at Afikpo as the cow funeral, for a deceased woman, done by a man, Oko Amaka for his mother. He killed two cows. This is the second day, when he killed the second cow. Amaobolobo Village. Men being feasted, including Tom, the brother of my carver, Chukwu Okoro. Other men inside the house eating, no room for them all there." [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_ref815
Large EAD
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EEPA.2000-007
EEPA
- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686757-2