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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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  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Egungun Shangoleledun, Ile Olorionishango

  • Arugba Shango (possibly carved by Adeosun)

  • Palace doors on front veranda

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

  • Lebanon Street, Ibadan

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

  • Shrine for Obatala, Ile Aworo-oshe

  • Muslim Imam and clerics offering prayers at Palace

  • Doors for Catholic Cathedral in Ibadan by Lamidi Fakeye

  • Ila town center

  • Women of Ile Esafin and Chief Esafin

  • Chiefs and townspeople leaving Ojubara quickly

  • Shrine calabash for orisha Shango with ere ibeji, Iwo

  • House building, Oke-Ede Quarter

  • Afolabi Adeoye, Ile Amowoyagi

  • Onise Ijimogodo sits on ground and Egungun Orangunigbo sits beneath royal umbrella

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

  • Egungun Ayeobadun, Ile Ejenwa

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

  • Installation of Chief Obajoko

  • Chief Asheda Awoyemi, babalawo using Opele Ifa, Ile Akogun

  • Chief Asheda Awoyemi, babalawo using Opele Ifa, Ile Akogun

  • Dominican Community, Ibadan

  • Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo

  • Friends and drummers of priest, Ile Obajoko

  • Obala's egungun entering palace grounds

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni, Orangun-Ila

  • ere ibeji by Taiwo (left) and Ogunwuyi (right), Ile Obaro

  • Egungun Ayeobadun, Ile Ejenwa

  • Headdress of Egungun Elemoloyi

  • Headdress for Egungun Olobaloro, Ile Olooko-Ila

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

  • Chiefs move to front of palace veranda, standing before the Oba William Adetona Ayeni

  • Oshun forest shrine in Oshogbo created by Oshogbo artists

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

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

  • Arrival of Egungun Obadimeji

  • Osanyin priest, Ile Obajoko

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

  • Chief Adedayo and Egungun Gbeboloja visiting neighboring compounds

  • Egungun society members outside kaa, Ile Alapinni

  • Oloriawo Onifa demonstrating use of Opele Ifa

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

  • Egungun Owolewa entering palace courtyard and receiving a gift

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • First performance of Isagun. Drummers gather at palace veranda

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing dances at palace

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

  • Gathering of drummers, egungun youngsters, Chief Obaloja

  • Oba William Adetona Ayen in new palace residence

  • Pounding newly woven cloth

  • Obajoko's Market

  • Arugba Shango at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Insitution, Washington D.C.

  • Babalawo casting Ifa at palace

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

  • Headdress for Egungun Olobaloro, Ile Olooko-Ila

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

  • Eshu equestrian figure carved by D.G. Taiwo, Ile Obasaba

  • Priestesses processing to houses of senior chiefs

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni, Orangun-Ila

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

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

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Hunter's egungun at palace

  • Chief Lowa with wives and daughters of Lowa's house ready to go to the Afin to begin the New Yam festival with Oba and Arowo-oshe

  • Egungun Abaale, Ile Olumboi

  • Eshu Ona, Ile Elemona

  • Exterior of the Afin, Oyo

  • Chief Obala's great grand-daughter, Ile Obala

  • Palace gate

  • Ibadan seen from a distance

  • Akin Fakeye carving in his workshop in Ibadan

  • Afolabi Aynla, dancer, holding old photograph of Arowosoju

  • Aworo-oshe dancing at Morisha and Oba's Market

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

  • Chiefs move to front of palace veranda, standing before the Oba William Adetona Ayeni

  • Egungun Shangoleledun, Ile Olorionishango

  • Babalawo casting Ifa at palace

  • Adetoyi, Beadworker for Orangun-lla, Efon Alaye

  • Lawal, carver of Elefon sculpture, Ile Obajisun

  • Eshu equestrian figure carved by D.G. Taiwo, Ile Obasaba

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

  • Arugba Shango, Ile Aren

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

  • Obas from surrounding towns meeting at palace in Ila Orangun

  • Lebanon Street Cloth Market, Ibadan

  • Lamidi Fakeye's photos of steps in carving an ere ibeji

  • Headdress for Egungun Olobaloro, Ile Olooko-Ila

  • Priests passing by mosque and through Oba's Market

  • Isule at palace by Princes of Igbonnibi Ruling House

  • Egungun Arowosoju moving among houses in Esedo Quarter

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

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

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

  • Eshu vestment carried by devotee, Alaore Binyo, Ile Obajoko

  • Ifa divination at Ile Obaloja, Oke-Ede Quarter

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

  • Chief Odoode wearing asho alaaro, Ile Odoode

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