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John Pemberton III Collection

National Museum of African Art

Object Details

Photographer
Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016
Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -
Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009
Place
Ila Orangun (Nigeria)
Topic
Royalty -- Africa
Palaces
Government and politics -- chiefs
Orisha religion
Shrines
Festivals
Masquerades
Islam
Christianity
Provenance
Donated by John Pemberton III, 2014 and 2016.
Photographer
Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016
Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -
Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009
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John Pemberton III Collection
Extent
1,370 Negatives (photographic) (35 mm, B/W)
42 Contact sheets
3959 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
Date
1977-1992
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.2014-003
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Contact sheets
Slides (photographs)
Citation
John Pemberton III Collection, EEPA.2014-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
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
This collection consists of color 35 mm slides, B/W negatives and contact sheets taken by John Pemberton III during his field research in Nigeria from 1977-1992, which focus primarily on the Ila-Orangun region. Images depict scenes of towns and people; monarchy, palace and chiefs; Orisha shrines and festivals; divination and sacrifice; masquerades; Christianity and Islam; and art and artists. Some images of Lagos, Ibadan, Oshogbo, Ile-Ife, and Ekiti.
Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1706884500646-1706884500879-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo792658806-9e66-4922-b342-29df57e61464

In the Collection

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  • Epa mask called Orangun carved by Bamgboye, Erinmope, Ekiti

  • Consultation using kolanuts and ebi

  • Eko Hotel, Lagos

  • St. Charles Grammar School, Oshogbo

  • Madame Fadeyi, Ile Aren

  • Isedo Street blacksmith stall

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at Ile Odoode

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

  • Priest with tethered goat for sacrifice to orisha Osanyin, Ile Obajoko

  • Osanyin shrine, Ile Ore

  • Shelves of ere ibeji (twin figures) in National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria

  • Eshu vestment held by devotee, Bello Binyo, carved in Omu Aran, Ile Obasinkin

  • Preparation of indigo dye and dying cloth, Ile Oloponda

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at Ile Odoode

  • Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo

  • Agbeni Shango shrine, Ibadan

  • Shopanna shrine, Ile Obasinkin

  • Commercial buildings near Dugbe Market, Ibadan, NBC

  • Priestesses going to Oshun pool

  • Oshun forest shrine in Oshogbo created by Oshogbo artists

  • Priests passing by mosque and through Oba's Market

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at Ile Odoode

  • Headdress of Egungun Elemoloyi

  • Weaving a basket

  • Chief Olawoye holds Oloponda's egungun staff

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni, Orangun-Ila

  • Spectactors at Epa Festival in Otun, Ekiti

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at Ile Odoode

  • Women greet Oba William Adetona Ayeni

  • D.G. Taiwo's office, Isedo St.

  • Diagrams of the three parts of the festival, the location of groups, and the movement of principals

  • Chiefs in Egungun Society line up across road

  • Olorisha dancing

  • Ile Esafin, drying yam, peppers, and locust beans

  • First performance of Isagun. Individual chiefs in turn do the same

  • Bamidele Areogun's workshop

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at Ile Odoode

  • Taiwo's sister, Asedo St.

  • D.G. Taiwo's sister, Ile Obalumo

  • Woman arriving at Oba's Market with goods to sell

  • Road from Ikirun to Ila

  • Ibadan University Protestant Church

  • Sukungbengbe by Queens at Oba's Market and Ile Odoode

  • Blacksmith and instruments

  • Woman

  • Bolekaja, or Mammy Wagon

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni, Orangun-Ila

  • Chief Lowa holding Opa Amata, preparing for Odun Obatala

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni seated outside Igbo Egungun

  • Lamidi Fakeye carving a figure of lfa priest for John and Jane Pemberton, Ibadan

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Chief Afigio, Ile Afigio, Oke-Ede Quarter

  • Agbeni Shango shrine, Ibadan

  • Sukungbengbe by Queens at Oba's Market and Ile Odoode

  • Muslim clerics praying at Palace

  • Palace of Ooni of Ife with chiefs departing, Ile-Ife

  • Lebanon Street Cloth Market, Ibadan

  • Priestesses of orisha Oko outside the orisha Oko shrine of the Laguna, Oyo

  • Igbomina chiefs as guests at the palace

  • Saint Mathew Anglican Church

  • Oba's Market

  • Madame Fadeyi, Ile Aren

  • an ere ibeji carved in 1978 for Muslim parents

  • Chiefs in turn dance before the Oba William Adetona Ayeni

  • Following divination, youth carries ritual artifacts covered by red cloth

  • Compound holding fans and fly whisks during Epa Festival, Otun Ekiti

  • Ifa priests dancing outside Oloriawo's house

  • Felicia Fadeyi's child

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at Ile Odoode

  • Hill side from the palace at Igbajo

  • Igbomina chiefs as guests at the palace

  • Isunsulefa: gathering and feasting of Ila's diviners at palace

  • Scenes in Ile-Ife

  • View of round plate loom, Erinmope, Ekiti

  • Threaded textile, Erinmope, Ekiti

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni's Isule at Ile Tojokun

  • First performance of Isagun. Oba William Adetona Ayeni and Chief Ologun rush toward one another, stop, and Chief Ologun places his cutlass on ground and places a split kola nut on Ogun shrine with words of peace

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at Ile Odoode

  • Oshun forest shrine in Oshogbo created by Oshogbo artists

  • Oba William Adetona Ayen listening to Imam chanting Friday prayers

  • Sukungbengbe by Queens at Oba's Market and Ile Odoode

  • Arrival of hunters and other persons

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at Ile Odoode

  • Chief Oloponda appears from woods carrying his Egungun staff

  • Palace doors on front veranda

  • Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo

  • Limota creating adire eleko, Ile Toki, Ayeye, Ibadan

  • Sukungbengbe by Queens at Oba's Market and Ile Odoode

  • Younger queen of Oba William Adetona Ayen

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni's Isule at Ile Tojokun

  • Saint Mathew Anglican Church

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni's Isule at Ile Tojokun

  • Eshu shrine, Adetohun Elemoso, owner of shrine, Ile Elemukan

  • Shelves of ere ibeji (twin figures) in National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria

  • Isunsulefa: gathering and feasting of Ila's diviners at palace

  • Alapinni addresses Oba William Adetona Ayeni and chiefs

  • Food preparation

  • First performance of Isagun. Chiefs salute with swords touching ground in front of the three palace gbedu drums

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

  • Ile Obafa

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