Object Details
- Local Numbers
- G 2 EJG 2.1 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 58482 1 12
- Frame value is 2.
- Slide No. G 2 EJG 2.1 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Topic
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Masquerades
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Culture
- Ejagham (African people)
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1959
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 6428
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- Original title reads, "Members of Qua clan of Ejagham tribe in big Qua Town, Calabar, perform Obon dance procession, advancing to square in front of palace of His Highness Ntoe Ika Ika Oqua II, in Big Qua Town. The covered construction draped with a U.S. flag and being carried by members of the group conceals secret participants in the Obon ceremony, which is usually held for the funeral of an important person.. The boy sitting on top of the structure directs the movements of the men inside. the higher-ranking members of the Obon group are the better dressed men in front; most of them are chiefs." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959]
- This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015606-4
