Object Details
- Local Numbers
- O-158/1951-1953 EEPA 2000-070140
- General
- Title source: Dr. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
- Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Collection Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Topic
- Cultural landscapes
- Vernacular architecture
- Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Culture
- Igbo (African people)
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- Simon Ottenberg photographs
- Extent
- 1 Slide (col.)
- Date
- 1951-1953
- Custodial History
- Donated by Simon Ottenberg, 2000.
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.2000-007, Item EEPA 2000-007-0140
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides
- Color slides
- 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
- This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from December 1951 to March 1953.
- Original title reads, "Obiogo, men's rest house, lower Ndibe Village square." [Ottenberg field research notes, O Series, December 1951-March 1953].
- "Mkpoghoro is also called Ndibe, though this term is more correctly applied to its main section. It is by far the biggest Afikpo village, with a total of population of 3,862. Ndibe, composed of two main wards, Agbogo (lower village), Elogo (upper village), and one smaller ward, has, in 1960, a population of 2,040, and the remainder of the village is formed from five subvillages. The evident attraction and domination of its main settlement, Ndibe, in matters of authority and ritual are sufficient for it to be considered one large, influential village." [Ottenberg S., 1968: Double Descent in an African Society; the Afikpo Village-Group. University of Washington Press]. "The Afikpo village is variable in size but its fundamental structure consists of a grouping of major patrilineages, often divided into wards, around a central common or several commons, with its resthouse and ward shrines. The resthouse, the central gathering place for the ward men, is a place to sit and roast yams, and sometimes sleep. From the house they can watch persons come and go in the common and hear the latest news from the other villages, discuss some dispute or case, or learn what plans the Europeans or educated Nigerians are now hatching." [Ottenberg S., 1971: Leadership and Authority in an African Society; the Afikpo Village-Group. University of Washington Press].
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686728-2
