Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Culture:

Yoruba (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Nigeria

Africa

Date:

1970

Scope and Contents:

This photograph was taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg while conducting research among the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria in 1970-1971, 1973, and 1975. At the time Dr. Houlberg was on a Kress Foundation Research grant and on a Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research grant.

Original title reads,"R8-15, Egungun at Otu. Also called Janduku - hooligan masquerade."

Publication title reads, "[Fig.] 1. Paka Egungun named Janduku, Otu, 1970."

Local Numbers:

R8-15

General:

Title source: Marilyn Houlberg and EEPA staff based on slide information

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only. Email: elisofonarchives@si.edu

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Egúngún (Cult)  Search this

Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa  Search this

Masquerades  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Decoration and ornament  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2005-0002-00239

See more items in:

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 2: Egungun Festivals / Egungun

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76a639d37-243d-4522-9a94-453c5b169f75

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref1257