Odun Ogun: Festival for the orisha of iron and war
Object Details
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- 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)
- Date
- 1977-07
- 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
- First Day - Chief Ologun and Ikegbe Chiefs sacrifice at Ila Yara and return with a rock for the Ogun shrine in Ila Orangun (not photographed or recorded); Second Day - Blacksmiths sacrifice dogs at smithy shrines; Third Day - Isagun: Warrior chiefs and Oba perform ritual at Ogun shrine outside the palace; Fourth Day - Hunter's Egungun visits Oba at palace; Oba feasts hunter chiefs; Fourth through sixth Day - Lineage Egungun move about town, feast and entertain; Seventh Day -Iwa Ogun - Confrontation and reconciliation between Chiefs and Oba
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1706885101000-1706885138280-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0