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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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  • Arugba Shango, Ile Aren

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

  • Paaka on palace veranda

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

  • Isedo Street blacksmith stall

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

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

  • Iwa Aso

  • Iwa Aso

  • Children carrying headdresses down road, Epa Festival, Otun Ekiti

  • Egungun Logodu moving about Ile Alapinni

  • ere ibeji held by mother standing next to surviving twin, Ile Obaro

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

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

  • Priestess and devotees in shrine to orisha Oko in house of priestess, Iwo

  • Lawal, carver of Elefon sculpture, Ile Obajisun

  • Isinro by Oba, Chiefs, and townspeople at 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

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

  • Painting starch designs with chicken feathers

  • Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo

  • Lamidi Fakeye carving decorative veranda post, Ile-lfe

  • Orisha Oko shrine, priestess, Oguolape Aweni, opa with beaded cover, Ile Jengbe

  • Saint Mathew Anglican Church

  • Oba's Market

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

  • Wound thread, Erinmope, Ekiti

  • Samuel Fadeyi and Chief Elemona

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

  • Young woman

  • Oba's crowns (adenla)

  • Shrine to orisha Oko in house of priestess, Iwo

  • Egungun Elewe dance around odu egungun

  • Chanters of ijala

  • Alarere shrine, Ile Aba

  • Egungun passing Ile Obale on way to Igbo Egungun

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

  • Women parading for orisa Sango with drummers, Isedo Quarter

  • Priestesses blessing devotees

  • Installation of Chief Obajoko

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

  • Eshu vestment, person not identified

  • Iyekiye and Bomoda in town center

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

  • Imuarugbo at Ile Obalumo

  • Susanne Wenger house and garden in Oshogbo

  • Egungun Elemoloyi, Ile Orangun

  • Picking vegetables

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

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni's Isule at Ile Tojokun

  • an ere ibeji carved in 1978 for Muslim parents

  • Samuel Fadeyi wearing asho alaaro, Ile Aren

  • Iwa Aso at palace front and town center

  • Chief Esabinri, leader of women in Ila

  • Elders with fly whisks and sculptures at Epa Festival in Otun, Ekiti

  • Kolawole Hotel exterior

  • Drummers at the exterior of the Afin, Oyo

  • Afolabi Aynla, dancer, holding old photograph of Arowosoju

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

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

  • Egungun Logodu moving about Ile Alapinni

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

  • Palm nut, type used in Ifa divination

  • Group returns to Ile Obaloja

  • Orisha Oko shrine, priestess, opa orisha Oko, Ile Obebe

  • Anglican Cathedral

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

  • Susanne Wenger's house decorated by Oshogbo artists

  • Carved egungun headdress, Ile Esafin

  • Sign for Bamidele Areogun's workshop, Osi, Ekiti, Kwara State

  • Egungun Elewe rehearsing at palace

  • Asheda and priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba

  • Preparing food, Ile Aren

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

  • Chief Ashola seated in his Ifa shrine, Ile Oloriawo

  • Arrival of hunters and other persons

  • View from Oke-Ede Quarter

  • Eshu shrine (central object is Eshu Elegba), Ile Ore

  • Muslim Imam and clerics offering prayers at Palace

  • Eshu Ona, King's Market

  • Senior and some Junior Chiefs gather at Ile Obale's veranda

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

  • Queens of Oba William Adetona Ayen

  • Egungun Arowosoju at Ile Alapinni

  • Oshun forest shrine in Oshogbo created by Oshogbo artists

  • Bamidele Areogun's compound and family, Osi, Ekiti

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

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

  • Children carrying headdresses down road, Epa Festival, Otun Ekiti

  • Chief Olooko-Ila and Chief OmIle at Obale's veranda

  • Samuel Fadeyi at his farm

  • Asheda and priests cast Ifa at Palace for Oba

  • Male attendant by the Well of Moremi, shrine in the garden of the Palace of the Ooni of Ife

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

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

  • Oba William Adetona Ayeni enters palace courtyard through gate

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

  • Iwa Aso

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

  • Headdress of Egungun Ayeobadun carved by Adeosun (artist, son of Fakeye)

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