This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960.
Original caption reads, "Itim Primary School, serving Amuro and Mgbom Villages. Permanent buildings, still open sided." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part I].
Local Numbers:
423/1959-1960
EEPA 2000-070636
General:
Title source: Dr. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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Simon Ottenberg Papers are located at the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
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