Wet rice growing fields, near Iboko, Abakaliki District, Nigeria

Object Details

Local Numbers: 605/1959-1960 EEPA 2000-070799
General: Title source: Dr. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960.

Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

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.

Scope and Contents: Original caption reads, "Photos in the Abakaliki District at Iboko and elsewhere in the surrounding area and at Abakaliki Town, the District's administrative center some 30 miles north of Afikpo Village-Group, in northeastern Igbo country. Wet rice growing fields near Iboko. At this time rice growing, introduced by the British in during World War II to increase food production, had become widespread, and the Abakaliki area was by this time a major rice growing region in Nigeria." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part II].

Collection Restrictions: Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Other Archival Materials: Simon Ottenberg Papers are located at the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.