Odun Oro: Festival for the Oba's Crown
Object Details
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "III.C.84.1"
- Collection Photographer
- Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016
- Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -
- Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009
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- John Pemberton III Collection
- John Pemberton III Collection / Slides
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Collection Citation
- John Pemberton III Collection, EEPA.2014-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- 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.
- Scope and Contents
- August 27 and 28 - Drumming Eka, the list of Ila's kings, by Bale Onilu and other drummers at palace front after dark; August 29 - Isunsulefa, also called Iwa Iyan, at palace; August 30 - Ojo Awejewemu at Ile Elepa; September 3 - Iwa Aso at palace front and town center; September 4 - Isule by Oba at Ile Tojokun and Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo; September 5 - Obala se Ila (not performed due to Oba's illness); September 6 - Isule by Igbonnibi royal houses at palace; September 7 - Isule by Okomo royal houses at palace; September 8 - Isinro by Oba and chiefs at Ile Odoode
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1706885101000-1706885138443-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0