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, "Trip down (southward) the Cross River by wooden canoe to Abayong area and market, on the east side of the river, with my former wife Phoebe, and field assistant Tom Ibe from Afikpo. The Abayong are a non-Igbo Cross River peoples. Abayong town street scene." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part II].
Local Numbers:
464/1959-1960
EEPA 2000-070676
General:
Title source: Dr. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Other Archival Materials:
Simon Ottenberg Papers are located at the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
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