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Simon Ottenberg photographs

African Art Museum

Ugi ekwo (pit-palm kernels), Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria
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Object Details

sova.eepa.2000-007
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo729424195-b334-476e-8755-707d2b5841ad
Photographer
Ottenberg, Simon
Place
Nigeria
Africa
Topic
Cultural landscapes
Vernacular architecture
Shrines
Masquerades
Marketplaces
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
Masks
Photographer
Ottenberg, Simon
Culture
Igbo (African people)
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Simon Ottenberg photographs
Summary
Photographs taken by Simon Ottenberg in Southeastern Nigeria within the Afikpo Village Group, at the time a group of 22 Eastern Igbo villages (sometimes considered part of the Cross River Igbo grouping) in southeastern Nigeria, while on a pre-doctoral Social Science Research Grant from December of 1951 through March of 1953 and during field research from September of 1959 to December of 1960. Also included are photographs taken from June of 1960 to December of 1960 of Abakaliki, a town and the administrative center of the northestern Igbo people, north of Afikpo. According to Dr. Ottenberg in his publication about masked Afikpo rituals, "The Afikpo belong to an Igbo subgroup called Ada or Edda (Forde and Jones 1950, pp. 51-56), which includes the Okpaha, Edda, Amaseri, and Unwana village-groups, all of which border on the Afikpo, and the Nkporo and Adaeze, both short distances away" (Masked Rituals of Afikpo, 1975, p. 3).
Extent
1068 Slides (photographs) (color)
Date
between 1951-1960
Container
Item 1068
Custodial History note
Donated by Simon Ottenberg, 2000.
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.2000-007
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
Arrangement note
Images indexed by slide number.
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
Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Related Archival Materials note
Simon Ottenberg Papers are located at the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
EEPA.2000-007
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo729424195-b334-476e-8755-707d2b5841ad
EEPA.2000-007
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536864686513-1536864686701-0

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  • Wet rice growing fields, near Iboko, Abakaliki District, Nigeria

  • Vote for the second-class Afikpo chief at the Afikpo Native Court, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Cross River, Anohia Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Looking east towards Ameta Village, near Amorie Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • "Horse funeral" ceremony, Amachara village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Igbo people at eke market, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Woman and two children, Abakaliki Town, Nigeria

  • Government Rest House, Aba, Nigeria

  • Lower section of the market, Abayong beach, Nigeria

  • Phoebe Ottenberg at Enugu airport, Enugu, Nigeria

  • Muslim festival, Anohia Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Mortar and pestle, Afikpo Village-group, Nigeria

  • Visit of the Eze (ruler) of the Igbo communities of Arochukwu, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Abakaliki main market, Abakaliki Town, Nigeria

  • Street scenes, Enugu, Nigeria

  • Three Muslim beggars in Abakpa, Abakaliki Town, Nigeria

  • Uncleared farm land, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Lowland landscape, part of farming area, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Okareghe iko players playing large ikoro drums, Ndibe village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • "Cow funeral" ceremony, Amaobolobo village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Recently constructed buildings, Abakaliki Town, Nigeria

  • Male whipping contests between Mgbom Village and Amuro Village, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Lower section of the market, Abayong beach, Nigeria

  • Chief Okehihie of Ezi Akane compound, Ukpa Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria


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