Object Details
- Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Collector
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Place
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
- Guinea
- Africa
- Occupation
- Weavers
- Topic
- Beadwork
- Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Cultural landscapes
- Music
- Dance
- Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Culture
- Fulbe (African people)
- Igbo (African people)
- Mandingo (African people)
- Limba (African people)
- Fula (African people)
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- Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples
- Summary
- The collection primarily includes photographs of Limba peoples taken by anthropologist Simon Ottenberg during field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, and Guinea, from October 1978 through July 1980. The collection also includes photographs taken while conducting field research at an Afikpo village-group, in southeastern Nigeria, from January 30, 1988 to February 5, 1988 and in 1992.
- Biographical / Historical
- Simon Ottenberg (1923-) is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. He studied under Melville J. Herskovits and William R. Bascom at Northwestern University. He was a 1970 Guggenheim fellow. He has written at least seven scholarly books and has curated numerous exhibitions.
- Extent
- 3145 Slides (photographs) (color)
- Date
- between 1978-1992
- Custodial History
- 16 photographs taken by Pa Huff, a Wesleyan Methodist Minister, at Bafodea old town and new town were donated to Ottenberg in 1999 by former field assistant Paul Hamaidu Mansaray.
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.2005-001
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- Black-and-white transparencies
- Arrangement note
- The collection is arranged into two series by peoples, and further arranged by location. Arrangement Series 1: Limba Peoples, Sierra Leone and Guinea, 1978-1980 Subseries 1.1: Field Research, Year One, October 1978-August 1979 Subseries 1.2: Field Research, Year Two, September 1979-1980 Series 2: Afikpo Peoples, Guinea and Nigeria, 1988, 1992
- Processing Information
- Finding aid by Eden Orelove, 2018. Slides digitized in 2017.
- Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws. Photographs by Pa Huff, Hamaidu Mansaray, and Labelle Prussin are restricted. In these cases, the photographer's permission is required for access and publication of images.
- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Black-and-white transparencies
- Scope and Contents
- The collection primarily includes photographs of Limba peoples taken by anthropologist Simon Ottenberg during field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, and Guinea, from October 1978 through July 1980. The collection also includes photographs taken while conducting field research at Afikpo village-groups in Guinea and southeastern Nigeria, from January 30, 1988 to February 5, 1988 and in 1992. There are also some photographs by Pa Huff, a Wesleyan Methodist Minister, Venice Lamb, and Professor Labelle Prussin.
- Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536868297930-1536868298400-0
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