This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while he was conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960.
Original caption reads, "New home being built along road from Amuro Village to the Government School. At the layout for the new Afikpo Township site." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part I].
Local Numbers:
430/1959-1960
EEPA 2000-070643
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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