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, "Sapale, along the Coast. Not Igbo country. Hand sawing of lumber at Sapale. The usual procedure is to sit astride the log, and with a large saw cut boards down it, one at a time." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part II].
Local Numbers:
570/1959-1960
EEPA 2000-070763
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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