Object Details

Local Numbers

148/1988

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

Works of art in situ

Masks

Photographer

Ottenberg, Simon

Culture

Igbo (African people)

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Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples

Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples / Series 2: Afikpo Peoples, Guinea and Nigeria / Mgbom Village, Nigeria

Extent

1 Slide (col.)

Date

1988

Custodial History

Donated by Simon Ottenberg, 2000.

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.2005-001, Item EEPA 2005-0001-3682

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 at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from January 30, 1988 to February 5, 1988.

Original caption reads, "Carvings by Ewale Nnale of Ezi Akputa compound, Mgbom Village. Left to right: igri mask with bulging eyes. Bulging eyebrows on this kind of mask seems to have become common in recent years. Did not exist in the 1950s. Then a beke or mbeke (white man) mask, another igri with bulging eyes, a mma ji, two acali masks, and an okpesu umurumu (frighten children) ugly mask." [Ottenberg field research notes, January 1988-February 1988].

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-1536868297930-1536868299015-2