Object Details
sova.eepa.2000-007_ref869
- Local Numbers
- 139/1959-1960 EEPA 2000-070361
- 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
- Recreation
- Dance
- 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 2000-007-0361
- 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 title reads, "Mbe (turtle) Feast Day, Mgbom Village square. This day men in age groups sing and dance of the foibles, sexual and otherwise of women and women do the same for men. Men hold a flower that looks like a vagina, women a flower that resembles a penis. A day of humor. Man dressed as a woman and dancing. A very skilled dancer, singer and actor." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part I].
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.2000-007_ref869
Large EAD
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EEPA.2000-007
EEPA
- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686766-4