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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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  • First performance of Isagun. Chiefs salute shrine and dance around shrine

  • Man posing new Adire styles

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

  • Scenes in Ile-Ife

  • Egungun, Ile Obafa: full masquerade and face masks

  • Asheda and priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni's Isule at Ile Tojokun

  • Asheda and priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba

  • Aworo-oshe as priest of orisha Oshoosi holding bow and arrow

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

  • Chiefs individually salute and dance before the Oba William Adetona Ayeni

  • Chief Otitoola, the Obala, holding pairs of Eshu carvings, Ile Obala

  • Warrior's sword

  • Shango shrine, drummers and devotees, Ile Olorionishango

  • Egungun passing Ile Obale on way to Igbo Egungun

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

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

  • Town of Iwo

  • Saint Mathew Anglican Church

  • First performance of Isagun. Chiefs salute shrine and dance around shrine

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

  • Oshun priestesses greeting devotees

  • Igbin drums for orisha Obatala and orisha Oshoosi, Ile Aworo-oshe

  • Oba's Market

  • Egungun Elewe dance around odu egungun

  • Egungun Iyekiye and Bomoda

  • Eshu Ona, Ile Obajoko

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

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

  • Ewu Alarere. Ile Amowoyagi

  • Dugbe Market, Ibadan

  • oshe Shango

  • Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo

  • Portrait of a woman, Ile Obala

  • Palace doors on front veranda

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

  • Ikegbe chiefs processing to palace and greeting Oba William Adetona Ayeni

  • Priestesses bringing the opa orisha Oko out of the shrine, Oyo

  • Palace doors on front veranda (Ojubara)

  • Portrait of elder during Epa festival, Otun, Ekiti

  • Obala's egungun entering palace grounds

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

  • Young woman

  • Dying the cloth

  • Weaving on upright loom, Ile Elemona

  • The architectural development of the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile Ife, Osun State by 1980

  • Women of lineage group sing, kneel, chant prayers, offer ekuru and kola

  • Stalls and sellers

  • Chief Enle, holding Opa Ifa, leads priests to Ile Oloriawo

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni's Isule at Ile Tojokun

  • Children, Ile Olorionishango

  • Bakery

  • Egungun Logodu moving about Ile Alapinni

  • Iwa Aso

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni sits on throne on veranda

  • Tailor and Chief Odoode

  • Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo

  • Oshun State Palace offices and Queens

  • The architectural development of the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile Ife, Osun State by 1980

  • Name Day ceremony at house of Samuel and Felicia Fadeyi for new born son

  • Oshun forest shrine in Oshogbo created by Oshogbo artists

  • Agbeni Shango shrine, Ibadan

  • Chief Elemona and Ojuwa chiefs move between Oba William Adetona Ayeni and chiefs

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

  • Palace, otun, Ekiti

  • Holding completed cloth

  • Obala's egungun entering palace grounds

  • One of the courtyards of the Oyo palace

  • Obala's egungun practice dancing at Ile Obala

  • Dominican Community, Ibadan

  • Asheda and priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba

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

  • Chief Odoode wearing toga consisting of two cloths, Ile Odoode

  • Chief Oloponda stands at the door to his house

  • Aworo-oshe and devotees dancing in Oba's Market

  • Food for guest, Ile Aren

  • Smiling ere ibeji in National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria

  • Devotee of orisa Oko, Ile Obajoko

  • Women of lineage group sing, kneel, chant prayers, offer ekuru and kola

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Susanne Wenger's house decorated by Oshogbo artists

  • Women dying and winding thread, Erinmope, Ekiti

  • The Laguna of Oyo

  • Radeke, priestess of orisha Oko, Ile Okudie

  • Individual chiefs salute and then dance before the Oba William Adetona Ayeni and townspeople

  • Chief Alapinni conveying messages to Oba William Adetona Ayeni from Onise Ijimogodo

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

  • Ila town center

  • Carved headdress of Egungun Olobaloro, Ile Elemona

  • Muslim clerics praying at Palace

  • Preparation of indigo dye and dying cloth, Ile Oloponda

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

  • Warrior chiefs process into palace courtyard

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

  • Obajoko's Market

  • Shrine for orisha Oshoosi, Ile Aworo-oshe

  • Chief Olopona dances around Odu Oloponda

  • Sellers along road to market

  • Chief Enle, holding Opa Ifa, leads priests to Ile Oloriawo

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Women parading for orisa Sango with drummers, Isedo Quarter
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