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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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Included:

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  • Lower section of the market, Abayong beach, Nigeria

  • Phoebe Ottenberg at Enugu airport, Enugu, Nigeria

  • Lower section of the market, Abayong beach, Nigeria

  • Road between Afikpo Village-Group and Afikpo Road, near Akaeze Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Transportation of pottery on canoes at Ndibe Beach, on the Cross River, Nigeria

  • Canoes at Ndibe Beach, on the Cross River, Nigeria

  • The government launch at Ndibe Beach, on the Cross River, Nigeria

  • Trip down to Abayong area by wooden canoe, on the Cross River, Nigeria

  • Women in large canoe, on the Cross River, Nigeria

  • Niger River, looking toward Onitsha side, Asaba-Onitsha ferry crossing, Nigeria

  • Woman carrying headload, near Eza Village-Group, Abakaliki District, Nigeria

  • Ferry crossing Niger River, Asaba, Nigeria

  • A view of the town on the Niger River, Sapale, Nigeria

  • Phoebe Ottenberg at Enugu airport, Enugu, Nigeria

  • View of the village, looking south, Afikpo Number Two, Nigeria

  • Loading yams into dugout canoes at Ndibe Beach, on the Cross River, Nigeria

  • Large canoes with trading goods, on the Cross River, near Unwana Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Widening of Benin road, on the way to Ibadan, Nigeria

  • Hand truck being pushed, loaded with paddy bags, Abakaliki Town, Nigeria

  • Enugu airport, Enugu, Nigeria

  • British engineer, David Reid, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

  • Canoes at Ndibe Beach, on the Cross River, Nigeria

  • Women unloading cassava (manioc) at Ndibe Beach, on the Cross River, Nigeria

  • Large canoe carrying trading goods, on the Cross River, Nigeria


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