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, "Scenes outside of Abakaliki town, where the area is quite flat. the Town has a small hill which attracted the British to establish a Government station there where they could keep an eye on the 'natives'." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part II].
Local Numbers:
664/1959-1960
EEPA 2000-070856
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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