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Nigeria photograph album

Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Names:
Archibong, Prince, III  Search this
Boler, Richard Doubleday, Captain  Search this
Brown, William Abobo, Chief  Search this
Casement, Roger, Sir, 1864-1916  Search this
Honesty, Eyo, VIII  Search this
Jumbo, Oko, Chief, -1891  Search this
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900  Search this
Locke , Ralph Frederick  Search this
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
MacDonald, Ethel, Lady, 1857-1941  Search this
Moor, Ralph Denham Rayment, Sir, 1860-1909  Search this
Ovonramwen, King of Benin, -1914  Search this
Phillips, James Robert, -1897  Search this
Shekleton, R.A., Dr.  Search this
Wall, T.A.  Search this
Yonwuren, Ogbe, Chief, ca. 1830 -  Search this
Extent:
174 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, albumen prints , 15.5 x 23 cm. or smaller)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Madeira Islands
Bonny (Nigeria)
Sapele (Nigeria)
Brass (Nigeria)
Old Calabar (Nigeria)
Opobo Town Nigeria -- Photographs
Africa -- Colonization
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
[circa 1890-1900]
Summary:
This album was likely compiled by a British official posted in the Niger Delta between the 1890s and 1900. It contains photographs of British officers and troops around the British invasion of the Benin Kingdom as well as views of the British-imposed Oil Rivers Protectorate and Niger Coast Protectorate in Old Calabar, Opobo, and Bonny. It also includes portraits of Ovonramwen, the King of Benin, on his way into exile in 1897, and of other kings and rulers in the Niger Delta kingdoms.
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains photographs of Ovonramwen, the King of Benin, on his way into exile in 1897, and of other kings and rulers in the Niger Delta kingdoms. Portraits included are Prince Archibong III of Old Calabar, New Calabar Chief and Wives, Lady Egba and Chief Chief Ogbe Yonwuren, Ladies of Rank in Old Calabar, Eyo Honesty VIII, Chief Long John of Bonny, chiefs of Opobo, and Chief Oko Jumbo. Portraits of British subjects included are of Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald and Lady Ethel Macdonald, Roger Casement, Sir Ralph Moor, Mary Kingsley, Deputy J.R. Phillips, Dr. R.A. Shekleton, Commissioner A. Harcourt, Mr. T.A. Wall, and Captain Boler. Includes scenes of weddings, iria outfits, steamships, regattas, the Queen's Jubilee of 1897, British colonial officials, trading ports, sports, coffee plantations, and consulates in Bonny, Warri, Old Calabar, Opobo, Kwa Ibo, and Sapele. Some landscape views of Madeira.
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this
Canoes  Search this
Troops  Search this
Regattas  Search this
Government and politics -- chiefs  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d8501212-875f-4532-b32a-de0813e8f399
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2000-003

Macdonald Calabar photographs

Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
135 Negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 4 x 5 in. )
135 Photographic prints (albumen, black & white, 14 x 21 cm.)
135 Photographic prints (copy prints (2 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
Container:
Item 135
Box 1
Volume 1
Volume 2
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives
Photographs
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Date:
circa 1895
Summary:
Photographic album formerly belonging to Major General Claude Maxwell Macdonald (1852-1915), Commissioner, Oil Rivers Protectorate, in West Africa, circa 1895. The album contains photographs of the consulate general in Old Calabar, Opobo and Bonny. Images, such as the arrival of Lady Macdonald in 1895 (returning from a home leave), interiors of British residences, and (named) group portraits of the British reflect colonial life and infrastructure. Native and British troops are depicted as well. Several images show the results of the British attacks on Brass and Nembe, in retaliation for King Nana's unwillingness to cooperate.

Several images were taken of chiefs, among them a copy photograph of a 1882 image of King Nana of the Benin River, King Jaja of Opobo, King Koko of Brass, King Duke IX of Old Calabar, and King George Pebble of Bonny. Perhaps the most outstanding imagery is a series "On the way to Benin," which contains the photograph of an altar, a crucified woman, a forest path, and a contingent of British colonials. Several remarkable photographs depict Cross River masquerades with head crests, dances of Kru "Boys," and portray women of the Niger Delta. One photograph, showing the bronze sculpture of a Benin horseman placed on a rug in front of a wall (very likely taken in Nigeria), is of great interest for art historians. This particular figure left Benin before the city was ransacked and destroyed by the British Punitive Expedition in 1987, and, according to William B. Fagg, eminent historian of Nigerian art, came to the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool, UK, as early as 1892 (note that Macdonald arrived in the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1891).
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Identifier:
EEPA.1996-019
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d806ce75-6440-497d-84e7-0261f2aaa840
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1996-019

Consolute General [photograph] : Old Calabar, Arrival of Lady Mac

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 14 x 19.5 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Oil Rivers Protectorate -- 1885-1893
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
1895
Scope and Contents:
Right front view of the Consulate General, Old Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers), 1891, during the arrival of Lady Macdonald at the residence, January 1895. Accompanying caption reads, "Consulate General Old Calabar, Arrival Lady Mac January 1895.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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.
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo784375906-d94a-4095-b1c1-9c25bbeb538c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref508

Consolute General [photograph] : Old Calabar

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 13 x 18 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Oil Rivers Protectorate -- 1885-1893
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
1891
Scope and Contents:
View of front facade of the Consulate General, Old Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers), 1891. Accompanying caption reads, "Consulate General Old Calabar, 1891."
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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.
See more items in:
Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79ce04473-0157-44d0-a2a7-4fe233e42ca3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref509

Old Calabar [photograph] : Consulate Hill and Buildings

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 15 x 20 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Oil Rivers Protectorate -- 1885-1893
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
ca. 1895
Scope and Contents:
View of the consulate buildings, background, and hill, foreground, at Old Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers), ca. 1895. Accompanying caption reads, "Consulate Hill and Buildings, Old Calabar."
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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.
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71209ddca-5203-402e-8686-e71f5de51d40
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref510

Old Calabar [photograph] : View from Consulate Looking up River

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 15 x 19.5 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Oil Rivers Protectorate -- 1885-1893
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
ca. 1895
Scope and Contents:
View from the Consulate, Old Calabar, looking up river. From left to right; river, road, and a hospital; Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers), ca. 1895. Accompanying caption reads, "View from Consulate, Old Calabar: Looking up River."
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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.
See more items in:
Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d8ce4d52-0a4e-4e12-9faf-4a924f9a25a1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref511

Trading establishment [photograph] : Calabar

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 13 x 18 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
1894
Scope and Contents:
Trading establishment in Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate (now Nigeria). Photographer unknown, ca. 1894.
General:
Title source: Photographic album.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.1996-019, Item EEPA 1996-190117
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo734af6843-650e-4310-b4ae-a69e60559e0b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref515

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
6567 Slides (photographs) (11 Binders, color)
14 Documents (1 Binder)
1946 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Nigerians  Search this
Tuaregs  Search this
Fulani  Search this
Nuba  Search this
Igbo (African people)  Search this
Turkana  Search this
Pokot  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Documents
Color slides
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Lagos (Nigeria)
Date:
1961-circa 2005
Summary:
The collection consists of 8,515 color slides taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg during various field studies among the Yoruba in southwest Nigeria between 1961 and circa 2007. The images depict Yoruba art and culture with a special focus on artisans, art objects, body arts, costume, festivals, hairstyles, indigenous photography, weaving and textiles. Cultural events depicted include Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art and wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles are also available in this collection.
Scope and Contents note:
This 6,567 slide collection documents Houlberg's studies in Southwestern Nigeria spanning from 1961 to circa 2005. In 2015, Houlberg donated an additional 1,948 color slides to the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives. These slides have been added to the EEPA 2005-002 finding aid, bringing the total to 8,515 slides.

The collection primarily includes photos of people, including the Ogboni, Pokot, Yoruba, Turkana and Igbo, shrines, festivals and rituals, art objects, and artists. A particular strength of the collection are photos of Balufon festivals, Egungun and Gelede masquerades, social events (weddings, christenings, funerals), and religious ceremonies (initiation and animal sacrifice). Also included are various scenes of daily life, architecture, food preparation, markets, portraits and landscapes. Houlberg mostly photographed in Ilishan, Ikenne, Ilara, Shagamu, Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, and Egbe.

Houlberg extensively documented Yoruba artists in the process of creating their art, including carvers Yesufu Ejigboye, Runshewe, and Lamidi Fakeye, as well as the final pieces themselves. Houlberg documentated art in situ, such as Yoruba house posts, shrines, wall art, wood doors and art objects, including Gelede masks, Ibeji (twin) and Eshu figures, Osanyin staffs, and Ogboni and Shango shrines. Several Yoruba art forms, including photography, scarification tattoos, and textiles (both cloth and dress), are represented in the collection. Additionally, there are numerous slides of Yoruba hairstyles, many of which she published in her article, Social Hair: Tradition and Change in Yoruba Hairstyles in Southwestern Nigeria.

Yoruba ritual specialists, such as Ife-olu Solaru, Olufunke, and Yesufu Ejigboye, appear frequently throughout the collection. Houlberg documented her many stays with these individuals over the years.

There is also one binder of manuscript and printed materials, including Houlberg's resume, thesis, and numerous published articles.
Arrangement note:
The collection is organized into 29 series according to subject. The series descriptions correspond with particular subjects used in Houlberg's teaching and lectures, and based on donor's notes. All slides were kept in the order in which they were donated.

Series 1: African Hairstyles, circa 1973-1994 (Binder 1; 212 slides)

Series 2: Egungun Festival, 1961-circa 1988 (Binder 1; 362 slides)

Series 3: Gelede, circa 1969-circa 1989 (Binder 2; 301 slides)

Series 4: Ibeji Twins, circa 1969-circa 1990 (Binders 2-3; 854 slides)

Series 5: Ogboni Art Objects and Shrines, circa 1969-circa 1982 (Binder 4; 92 slides)

Series 6: Art Objects Depicting Ogun, circa 1969-circa 1983 (Binder 4; 56 slides)

Series 7: Olojufoforo Art and Festivities, circa 1968-circa 1975 (Binder 4; 21 slides)

Series 8: Yoruba People, Architecture, and Art, circa 1969-circa 1985 (Binder 4; 260 slides)

Series 9: Carving, Art Objects and Artists, and Scenes of Daily Life, circa 1973-circa 1988 (Binder 4; 201 slides)

Series 10: Yoruba Art, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 49 slides)

Series 11: Yoruba Textiles, circa 1973-circa 1983 (Binder 5; 84 slides)

Series 12: Yoruba, Miscellaneous, circa 1967-circa 1989 (Binder 5; 251 slides)

Series 13: African Art, Textiles People, and Dwellings, circa 1963-circa 1983 (Binder 6; 58 slides)

Series 14: Ibo Mbari and Igbo Peoples and Artwork, circa 1967-circa 1985 (Binder 6; 212 slides)

Series 15: Art and Ceremonies, circa 1967-circa 1991 (Binder 6; 493 slides)

Series 16: Body Arts, Nuba People (Sudan) and Fulani and Bororo People (Niger), circa 1973-circa 1979 (Binder 7; 64 slides)

Series 17: People, Scenic Views and Animals of Kenya, Sudan, Angola, and Ghana, circa 1972-circa 1985 (Binder 7; 168 slides)

Series 18: Peoples and Arts of Ghana, Mali, and the Ivory Coast, circa 1966-circa 1992 (Binder 7; 406 slides)

Series 19: Published Maps and Photos, circa 1968-circa 1985 (Binder 8; 70 slides)

Series 20: Nigerian Masks and Art Objects, circa 1967-circa 1978 (Binder 8; 396 slides)

Series 21: Yoruba Festivals, People, and Art in Nigeria, circa 1967-circa 1988 (Binders 8-9; 128 slides)

Series 22: Yoruba Photography and Textiles, circa 1975-circa 1983 (Binder 9; 54 slides)

Series 23: Ife-Olu, Ilishan, circa 1980-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 87 slides)

Series 24: Yoruba Festivals, People, Hairstyles, Ibeji Objects, Eshu Figures, and Oya and Orishala Priests, Priestesses, and Shrines, circa 1966-circa 1988 (Binder 9; 168 slides)

Series 25: Shango, circa 1970-circa 1983 (Binder 10, 162 slides)

Series 26: Ara Festival, 1975 (Binder 10; 174 slides)

Series 27: Ceremonies and Festivals, Portraits, Art and Ceremonial Objects, Domestic and Market Scenes, circa 1969-circa 2005 (Binders 10-11; 759 slides)

Series 28: Yoruba Art Objects, and Domestic, Work, and Festival Scenes, circa 1971-circa 1983 (Binder 11; 104 slides)

Series 29: Manuscript and Printed Materials, 1973-circa 2005 (Binder 12)
Biographical/Historical note:
Artist, anthropologist, and art historian Dr. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939. Houlberg received an Associate of Arts degree from Wright Junior College (1959) and a BFA from the University of Chicago (1963). After graduating, she traveled to North Africa and explored Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. In 1964, Houlberg researched Haitian art, religion, and indigenous photography in Haiti and in 1965 was awarded a scholarship for graduate study from the University of Chicago. There she completed her MAT in Art History in 1967. Following graduation, Houlberg worked at the Nigerian Museum in Lagos, where she documented Yoruba sculpture, masquerades, religion, body art, and indigenous photography.

She began her teaching career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer on African art and African civilization, working there from 1971 to 1973. At the University of London, Houlberg earned a Masters in Anthropology, producing the thesis Yoruba Twin Sculpture and Ritual (1973). She also extensively photographed her travels abroad in Yorubaland. Between 1974 and 1990, Houlberg taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Kalamazoo College, and Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2008 she continued teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, lecturing on Yoruba art and ritual in West Africa and the New World, and the art and ritual of Vodou in Haiti.

Houlberg has lectured worldwide at numerous museums and symposiums since 1972, including in Lagos, Nigeria; Jacmel, Haiti; Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; and Cologne, Germany. Her essays have been published in several issues of African Arts. Some of Houlberg's significant publications include Arts of the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou, in Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora (2008) and Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou: Lasiren, Queen of Mermaids, in Mami-Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African-Atlantic World (2008). The exhibition Mami-Wata at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2009) featured her photographs.
Provenance:
Marilyn Houlberg, 733 West 18th St., Chicago, IL 60616, Donation, 20050320, 2005-0002
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Occupation:
Weavers  Search this
Artists  Search this
Topic:
Shrines  Search this
Masks  Search this
Domestic scenes  Search this
Egúngún (Cult)  Search this
Ethnology -- Nigeria  Search this
Gelede (Yoruba rite)  Search this
Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this
Marketplaces  Search this
Masquerades  Search this
Ere ibeji  Search this
Works of art in situ  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Photographic prints
Photographs
Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2005-002
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo729173a75-b645-455f-b66b-ae08d0d2102e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2005-002

Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection

Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1,615 Color slides (color, 35 mm)
circa 400 Photographic prints (3 x 5 inches, 5 x 7 inches)
1 box Manuscripts (document genre)
52 Cassettes (Audiocassettes- music, lectures, field records, interviews)
1 Videocassette
1 CD-R (CD-ROM)
1 Notebook
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Ibibio (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Photographic prints
Manuscripts (document genre)
Cassettes
Videocassettes
Cd-rs
Notebooks
Place:
Africa, West
Nigeria
Lagos (Nigeria)
Date:
circa 1973-circa mid-1980s
Summary:
This collection contains a variety of materials including 1,615 color slides, circa 400 photographic prints, 1 box of manuscript materials, 1 notebook, 52 audio and 1 video cassettes, and 1 CD-ROM. Many of the slides and photographs were taken during Houlberg's field work in Nigeria (1973-1975) and depict Ibeji figures, wood carvings, Egungun masquerades and masks, twins, portraits, hairstyles, festivals, shrines, textiles, and peoples including the Yoruba, Ekoi, Ibibio, and Ogoni. The audiocassettes consist of lectures, music, field records, and interviews.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains 1,615 color slides, circa 400 photographic prints, 1 box of manuscript materials, 1 notebook, 52 audio and 1 video cassettes, and 1 CD-ROM. The slides item-level finding aid has been added to Houlberg's previous accession, EEPA 2005-002. Many of the slides were taken during Houlberg's field work in Nigeria (1973-1975) and depict Ibeji figures, wood carvings, textiles, portraits, and peoples including the Yoruba, Ekoi, Ibibio, and Ogoni. The photographic prints include images of wooden figures, Ibeji figures, hair styles, masquerade masks, twins, portraits, and carvings by Awenke of Ketu, Yesufu Ejiboye, Ogunyomi Sona, and Awolowo Adelaku of Ikenne. Events documented include age grade processions, market scenes, the Agemo festival, and both Egungun masquerades and Gelede at Otu. There are also photographs of shrines which include the Abiku, Shango, Dada, Shoponu, and Odudua shrines. The photographs were primarily taken in Ilishan, Balufon, Ikenne, Lagos, the Field Museum (Chicago), and Akio, Ijebu.

The manuscript materials date to the 1980s and include correspondence related to Nigerian museum objects, correspondence with Susan Vogel about an Edan Ogboni photograph, articles about African art, exhibit catalogues, business cards, Nigerian and Haitian studio photography, travel brochures, and essays about styles of carving.

A few of the photographs were taken by Mark Schiltz.
Biographical / Historical:
Artist, anthropologist, and art historian Dr. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1939. Houlberg received an Associate of Arts degree from Wright Junior College (1959) and a BFA from the University of Chicago (1963). After graduating, she traveled to North Africa and explored Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. In 1964, Houlberg researched Haitian art, religion, and indigenous photography in Haiti and in 1965 was awarded a scholarship for graduate study from the University of Chicago. There she completed her MAT in Art History in 1967. Following graduation, Houlberg worked at the Nigerian Museum in Lagos, where she documented Yoruba sculpture, masquerades, religion, body art, and indigenous photography. She began her teaching career at the University of Chicago as a lecturer on African art and African civilization, working there from 1971 to 1973. At the University of London, Houlberg earned a Masters in Anthropology, producing the thesis Yoruba Twin Sculpture and Ritual (1973). She also extensively photographed her travels abroad in Yorubaland. Between 1974 and 1990, Houlberg taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, Kalamazoo College, and Northwestern University. From 1974 to 2008 she continued teaching at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, lecturing on Yoruba art and ritual in West Africa and the New World, and the art and ritual of Vodou in Haiti. Houlberg has lectured worldwide at numerous museums and symposiums since 1972, including in Lagos, Nigeria; Jacmel, Haiti; Toronto, Canada; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; and Cologne, Germany. Her essays have been published in several issues of African Arts. Some of Houlberg's significant publications include Arts of the Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou, in Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora (2008) and Water Spirits of Haitian Vodou: Lasiren, Queen of Mermaids, in Mami-Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and the African-Atlantic World (2008). The exhibition Mami-Wata at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (2009) featured her photographs.
Related Materials:
The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives also holds several other collections by Marilyn Houlberg: one collection documents Nigeria (EEPA 2005-002) and two others document Haiti (EEPA 2012-004 and EEPA 2015-016).
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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
Ere ibeji  Search this
Shrines  Search this
Hairstyles -- Africa  Search this
Fashion  Search this
Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2015-015, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2015-015
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Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Field Notes Collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ed67a8df-efd6-4a3e-ac4f-51015fd6258c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2015-015

Barbara Blackmun Collection

Photographer:
Blackmun, Barbara Winston  Search this
Names:
Erediauwa, King of Benin, 1923-2016  Search this
Extent:
1,440 Color slides
Culture:
Edo (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color slides
Place:
Nigeria
Ife (Nigeria)
Africa
Benin
Date:
circa 1969-1994
Summary:
The collection includes 1,469 color slides (35mm) which were taken in Nigeria from circa 1964-1994, and focus on ancestral altars; artists; art objects in museums, including bronze plaques and carved ivory tusks; ceremonies and festivals, including the Igue and Ewere Festivals, and the Emobo, Otue, Olokun, title-taking, and Blackmun's initation ceremonies; and people, including Oba Erediauwa and chiefs Eribo, Ero, Esogban, Ezomo, Ohanmu and Osaigeide; and street and landscape scenes in Benin City, Ife, Lagos, Ishiago, and Mbarri, Owerri, Owo, among other locations in Nigeria.
Scope and Contents:
The collection includes 1,469 color slides (35mm) which were taken in circa 1969 to 1994, and focus on African art objects, prominent people, especially chiefs, festivals and ceremonies, and landscape and street scenes in Nigeria, including Benin City, Ife, Ishiago, Jeronimos, Lagos, Mbari, Oshagbe, Owerri, Owo, Oyo, and Udu.

Many of the images are of art objects in museums, particularly in the Jos Museum, the Owo Museum, the Benin Museum, the Lagos Museum, the Ife Palace Museum, and the University of Ife Museum. The objects include altar stands, armlets, bells, bowls, boxes, bracelets, figures, Oko (flutes), ivory gongs, Ikengobos, masks, motif drawings, pendants, plaques, regalia, salt cellars, staffs, stools, and carved ivory tusks.

People depicted include the Oba Erediauwa, and the chiefs Eribo, Ero, Esogban, Ezomo, Ohanmu and Osaigeide. The collection also documents ceremonies and festivals, including the Igue and Ewere Festivals, and the Emobo, Otue, and Olokun ceremonies as well as Ineh Isienmwenro's title-taking, and Blackmun's initation.
Arrangement:
Arranged into 4 series:

Series 1: Museum Objects (747 slides), 1979-1994

Series 2: Ceremonies (227 slides), circa 1969-1994

Series 3: People (354 slides), circa 1969-1994

Series 4: Landscape and Street Scenes (141 slides), circa 1969-1994
Biographical / Historical:
African art historian Barbara Winston Blackmun (1928-) is a specialist in Nigerian antiquities, particularly Nok terracottas, the bronzes of Ile Ife, and the bronzes and ivories of the Kingdom of Benin in Nigeria. She earned her BFA at UCLA (1949), MA at Arizona State University (1971), and Doctor of Philosophy in Art History at UCLA (1984).

Over her career, Blackmun's research has included fieldwork in Malawi (1964-1969) and research of Ife antiquities with Frank Willett (1978-79) and various collections on Benin antiquities in the U.K., U.S., Europe, and Africa (1980-present). Recipient of a Fulbright (1981-1982) and a National Endowment for the Humanities grant (1994), she conducted field work at the Oba's court in Benin City, Nigeria. Additionally, she has published numerous exhibition catalogs and articles in journals such as African Arts.

Blackmun taught art history at the Malawi Polytechnic College, Blantyre, (1965—1969), San Diego Mesa College (at which she is Professor Emeritus) (1971—2010), University of California, San Diego (1987, 2008, 2004), and UCLA (1987, 2000), among other places. She also curated and acted as a curatorial consultant of African art collections at numerous institutions, including Mesa College, the San Diego Museum of Art (2010), Chicago Field Museum (1990—1993), Chicago Art Institute (1994, 2006—2008), Detroit Institute of Art (2002—2010), Museum fuer Voelkerkunde, Vienna (2003—2008), and the Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin (2003—2008).

Her committee work includes serving as National Program Director for the African American Institute, Malawi (1968—1969), a member of the Education Council, Contemporary Arts Committee, San Diego Museum of Art (1975—1978), a board member of the San Diego Mesa College Foundation (1983-) and the African and African-American Studies Research Center, University of California, San Diego, and Chair of the African Arts Council, San Diego Museum of Art.
Provenance:
Donated by Monica Blackmun Visona, 2016.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details. Items 1234-1256 restricted. Available to view onsite only.
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:
Altars  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Egúngún (Cult)  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Citation:
Barbara Blackmun Collection, EEPA 2016-012, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2016-012
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Barbara Blackmun Collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f41661a7-24f4-48b4-bf6c-86f882c772cb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2016-012
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Ivan Livingstone photographs

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Names:
Celestial Church of Christ  Search this
Extent:
527 Slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
Culture:
Fon (African people)  Search this
Fula (African people)  Search this
Dan (African people)  Search this
Oyo (African people)  Search this
Ifè (African people)  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Somba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
Place:
Porto-Novo (Benin)
Ife (Nigeria)
Togo
Nigeria
Ghana
Dahomey
Benin
Africa
Date:
1972-1973
Summary:
The collection contains 527 color 35mm slides taken by Ivan Livingstone in West Africa (primarily the Republic of Benin but also in Ghana, Nigeria and Togo) circa 1972-1973. Images depict market scenes, Egúngún and Ifa ceremonies, religious ceremonies of the Celestial Church of Christ, funeral processions, decoration and ornament, clothing and dress, and musicians. There are also several images of the palace of the Oni of Ife. Culture groups represented in the collection include the Yoruba, Ifè, Oyo, Somba, Fon,Dan and Fula peoples.
Arrangement note:
Arranged by original photographer's series and classified by EEPA subject headings.
Biographical/Historical note:
Ivan Livingstone is an Afro-Canadian scholar and photographer of Jamaican and Guianese descent. He was raised in Verdun, a working-class suburb of Montreal. Livingstone has taught at McGill University in Montreal, Laval University in Quebec City, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Benin.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Marketplaces  Search this
Ramadan  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Egúngún (Cult)  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Funeral rites and ceremonies  Search this
Ifa (Religion)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1996-004
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo793ecc793-4c15-4657-8ff0-39f970d0acef
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1996-004

Henry John Drewal Collection

Photographer:
Drewal, Henry John  Search this
Kinnoudo, Martin  Search this
Extent:
1425 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)
20 Notebooks (2 Boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Notebooks
Newspaper clippings
Place:
Nigeria
Benin
Senegal
Côte d'Ivoire
Ife (Nigeria)
Date:
1970s - 1990s
Content Description:
Collection contains 35mm slides from the Republic of Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal as well as 20 original field notebooks from Nigeria and various miscellaneous documents, newspaper articles, and photographs from Nigeria.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Copyright held by John and Margaret Drewal. To publish images from this collection, permission must be given by Henry and Margaret Drewal. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Anthropologists  Search this
Art -- History  Search this
Art -- African  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Yoruba (African people) -- Nigeria -- Music.  Search this
Gelede (Yoruba rite)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notebooks
Newspaper clippings
Identifier:
EEPA.2011-012
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7403f23e1-8267-4f6c-a207-5d632092696b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2011-012

Rites and Ceremonies

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Culture:
Fon (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1972
Scope and Contents:
Different groups of age-sets. Yoruba Clubs or age-sets and Palace of the Oni of Ife, the temple of the Araba of Ifa (cult of divination). The date on the slide is DEC71 .
Local Numbers:
F-1

G 2 YRB IL 72
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Ritual and celebration -- Photographs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Collection Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7dd6be869-73f2-42f8-8e7f-2792ad8c1ed6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-004-ref580

Rites and Ceremonies

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Culture:
Fon (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1972
Scope and Contents:
Different groups of age-sets. Yoruba Clubs or age-sets and Palace of the Oni of Ife, the temple of the Araba of Ifa (cult of divination). The date on the slide is DEC71 .
Local Numbers:
F-2

G 2 YRB IL 72
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Ritual and celebration -- Photographs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Collection Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73b9b97ac-7f3b-41de-9d4a-23288c9ad3d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-004-ref581

Rites and Ceremonies

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Culture:
Edo (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1972
Scope and Contents:
Different groups of age-sets. Yoruba Clubs or age-sets and Palace of the Oni of Ife, the temple of the Araba of Ifa (cult of divination). The date on the slide is DEC71 .
Local Numbers:
F-3

G 2 YRB IL 72
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Republic of Benin -- Photographs  Search this
Ritual and celebration -- Photographs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Collection Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7dc1b1bae-c86b-4078-a62f-30f8677a9ef4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-004-ref582

Rites and Ceremonies

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Culture:
Edo (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1972
Scope and Contents:
Different groups of age-sets. Yoruba Clubs or age-sets and Palace of the Oni of Ife, the temple of the Araba of Ifa (cult of divination). The date on the slide is DEC71 .
Local Numbers:
F-4

G 2 FON IL 72
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Ritual and celebration -- Photographs  Search this
Republic of Benin -- Photographs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Collection Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7505e8744-0aca-4a1d-a762-fd9e105f3bde
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-004-ref583

Rites and Ceremonies

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Culture:
Edo (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1972
Scope and Contents:
Different groups of age-sets. Yoruba Clubs or age-sets and Palace of the Oni of Ife, the temple of the Araba of Ifa (cult of divination). The date on the slide is MAI73 .
Local Numbers:
F-5

G 2 FON IL 72
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Republic of Benin -- Photographs  Search this
Ritual and celebration -- Photographs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Collection Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo763f608f7-077b-4448-b354-c6a012f6a412
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-004-ref584

Rites and Ceremonies

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Culture:
Edo (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1972
Scope and Contents:
Different groups of age-sets. Yoruba Clubs or age-sets and Palace of the Oni of Ife, the temple of the Araba of Ifa (cult of divination). The date on the slide is DEC71 .
Local Numbers:
F-6

G 2 FON IL 72
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Republic of Benin -- Photographs  Search this
Ritual and celebration -- Photographs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Collection Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo728cba0a4-546e-4451-ad51-0a65e900b8fa
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-004-ref585

Rites and Ceremonies

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Culture:
Edo (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1972
Scope and Contents:
Different groups of age-sets. Yoruba Clubs or age-sets and Palace of the Oni of Ife, the temple of the Araba of Ifa (cult of divination). The date on the slide is DEC71 .
Local Numbers:
F-7

G 2 FON IL 72
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Republic of Benin -- Photographs  Search this
Ritual and celebration -- Photographs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Collection Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo735b8dcb9-17a4-466d-a733-2c3787f61555
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-004-ref586

Rites and Ceremonies

Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Livingstone, Ivan  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Culture:
Edo (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Fon (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1972
Scope and Contents:
Different groups of age-sets. Yoruba Clubs or age-sets and Palace of the Oni of Ife, the temple of the Araba of Ifa (cult of divination). The date on the slide is NOV71 .
Local Numbers:
F-8

G 2 FON IL 72
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Ritual and celebration -- Photographs  Search this
Republic of Benin -- Photographs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Collection Citation:
Ivan Livingstone Photographs, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Ivan Livingstone photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7815db30a-d8ae-4136-a2b3-9a9a8bf5ba25
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-004-ref587

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