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Simon Ottenberg photographs

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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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  • Okumkpa masquerade play, Amorie village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

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

  • Players wearing mma ji and ibibio masks, with agbogho mma player and praise singer (in the foreground) in the njenji parade at Ezi Nwachi compound, Ndibe village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Logholo masquerader wearing acali mask, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Okumkpa masquerade play, Amuro village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Oje Ogwu ceremony for Ezi Akane compound, Ukpa Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Logholo masquerader wearing acali mask, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Okumkpa masquerade play, Amuro village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Men coming out to give dashes at the Okumkpa performance, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Players wearing mma ji mask with rounded top-piece at the okonkwo dance, Oha Nwego Village, Okpoha Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Masqueraders wearing the upa nwa mask in the njenji parade, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Players joining together during the first stage, called oga lozo, of an Okumkpa performance, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Masquerader acting the role of an Aro trader in the njenji parade at Ezi Nwachi compound, Ndibe village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Oje Ogwu ceremony for Ezi Akane compound, Ukpa Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Member of the senior Afikpo subgrade laying the foundation stone in the construction of the ancestral shrine house, Mma obu (ancestor-rest house), in Ezi Akputa compound, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

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

  • The two leaders explaining a skit to the male elders at the Okumkpa performance, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Ceremonial wooden dish with pink chalk, used in a ceremony for a newborn child, Mgbom Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Players joining together during the first stage, called oga lozo, of an Okumkpa performance, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Oje Ogwu ceremony for Ezi Akane compound, Ukpa Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Elders acting as messengers during the upward movement of the Afikpo age grades, Amaizu Village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Line of players wearing mma ji, nne mgbo or beke masks in the njenji parade, Amuro village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Egbiri masquerader in the njenji parade, Ukpa village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Akparakpa dancers at the Okumkpa performance, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria


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