Object Details

Local Numbers

2381/1978-1980

General

Title source: Dr. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Photographer

Ottenberg, Simon

Collection Photographer

Ottenberg, Simon

Place

Africa

Sierra Leone

Topic

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Clothing and dress -- Africa

Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa

Photographer

Ottenberg, Simon

Culture

Limba (African people)

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Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples

Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples / Series 1: Limba Peoples, Sierra Leone and Guinea / 1.2: Field Research, Year Two / Kasongo Village, Sierra Leone

Extent

1 Slide (col.)

Date

1978-1980

Custodial History

Donated by Simon Ottenberg, 2000.

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.2005-001, Item EEPA 2005-0001-2362

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. Photographs by Pa Huff, Hamaidu Mansaray, and Labelle Prussin are restricted. In these cases, the photographer's permission is required for access and publication of images.

Genre/Form

Color slides

Scope and Contents

This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, while on an Art Historical and Anthropological Field Research from October of 1978 through July of 1980.

Original title reads, "Kasongo Village. Preliminaries to boys' going to bush for initiation. Crowd with the boys coming from the dress bush. One recently "washed" girl with red head band with cowrie shells. Recently initiated boys, probably from Kamanda Village (Mandia) still wearing their special hats with cowrie shells that they wear when they come from the initiation bush, with his helpers in sparse cloth." [Ottenberg field research notes, Limba Slides and Photographs, October 1978-July 1980].

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Other Archival Materials

Simon Ottenberg Papers are located at the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Record ID

ebl-1536868297930-1536868298955-0