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

  • Ibadan University Protestant Church

  • Lamidi Fakeye taking a photograph in Bamidele Areogun's compound in Osi

  • Saint Mathew Anglican Church, Eyinde Quarter

  • First performance of Isagun. Oba William Adetona Ayeni returns to palace courtyard and almost immediately returns to Ogun shrine.

  • Wives of chiefs at palace

  • Chief Adedayo and Egungun Gbeboloja visiting neighboring compounds

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

  • Alarere shrine, ewu Alarere, Ile Oshun (Ile Olorionioshun)

  • Priestesses going to Oshun pool

  • Egungun Arowosoju at Ile Alapinni

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

  • Hunter's egungun at palace

  • Osanyin priest and opa Osanyin, Ile Obajoko

  • Alarer shrine, Ile Amowoyagi

  • Chief Ashola holding his Opa Ifa, Ile Oloriawo

  • Kolawole Hotel exterior

  • Scenes in Ile-Ife

  • Oshun priest from Oshogbo at University of Ibadan

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

  • Drumming and singing for Osanyin, Ile Obajoko

  • Saint Mathew Anglican Church

  • Eshu shrine figures, Ile Obasaba

  • Children, Ile Olorionishango

  • Alapinni places gifts before Orangunigbo

  • Comic egungun (Hausa trader, diseased face, woman's dance.)

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

  • Chief's staff resting on odu egungun

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

  • ere ibeji by Oje in the National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria

  • Early buildings at the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile Ife, Osun State

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni and chiefs repeat earlier performance of Isagun

  • School youth

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Dugbe Market, Ibadan

  • Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo

  • Saint Mathew Anglican Church

  • Funky Beauty Salon

  • Scenes in Ile-Ife

  • Lamidi Fakeye and friends in Oye Ekiti

  • Headdress of Egungun Arowosoju, Ile Ore

  • Egungun Arowosoju in Alapinni kaa

  • Alarer shrine, Ile Amowoyagi

  • Comic egungun (Hausa trader, diseased face, woman's dance.)

  • Asheda and priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba

  • Resting

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Shango shrine, drummers and devotees, Ile Olorionishango

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

  • Duro Ladipo admiring Epa sculpture, Erinmope, Ekiti

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

  • Devotees and drummers at Ile Oloshun

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

  • Epa headdresses at Epa Festival in Otun, Ekiti

  • Baptism at Saint Mathew Anglican Church

  • The Church of the Disciples, Roman Catholic Church, Mokala area, Ibadan

  • Alapinni places gifts before Orangunigbo

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Samuel Fadeyi at his farm

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

  • Oloriawo Onifa demonstrating use of Opele Ifa

  • Entry to Ile Alapinni

  • Dancers holding headress for Obala's Egungun Olobaloro

  • Bamidele Areogun and friend with Epa sculpture carved by Bamidele Areogun

  • Egungun, Ile Obafa: full masquerade and face masks

  • Shango shrine, Ile Obaloja

  • D.G. Taiwo's office, Isedo St.

  • Headdress of Egungun Elemoloyi

  • Saint Mathew Anglican Church

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

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

  • Arrival of hunters and other persons

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni's Isule at Ile Tojokun

  • Lamidi Fakeye's apprentices finishing doors for Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

  • Bamgboye, Odo Owa, Ekiti

  • Installation of Chief Obajoko

  • Orisha Oko shrine in forest outside Iwo

  • Kaa Egungun, Ile Alapinni

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

  • Devotees of orisha Shango greeting Oshun priestesses

  • Eshu sculpture from Osi Opin (northern Ekiti), "100 years old," Ile Obala

  • Group returns to Ile Obaloja

  • Arrival of Chief of Hunter's with large Egungun paaka

  • Carved egungun headdress, Ile Esafin

  • Diviner in Orisha Oko shrine in forest outside Iwo

  • Egungun Logodu moving about Ile Alapinni

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

  • Drummers performing Eka at palace front veranda; Drumming Eka, the list of Ila's kings, by Bale Onilu and other drummers at palace front after dark

  • First performance of Isagun. Drummers lead Oba William Adetona Ayeni and Chiefs around Ogun shrine

  • Oshun pool, Ile Oloshun

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

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

  • Egungun shrine enclosed by mariwo

  • Drummers and instruments, Oshogbo

  • Exterior of the Afin, Oyo

  • Oba's Market

  • A woman threading loom, Erinmope, Ekiti

  • Lebanon Street Cloth Market, Ibadan

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni's Isule at Ile Tojokun

  • Dancer for Ile Alapinni

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Women parading for orisa Sango with drummers, Isedo Quarter
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