Object Details
- Local Numbers
- 160/1959-1960 EEPA 2000-070382
- 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
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Clothing and dress -- Africa
- Cultural landscapes
- Masquerades
- Masks
- Photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Culture
- Igbo (African people)
- See more items in
- Simon Ottenberg photographs
- Extent
- 1 Slide (col.)
- Date
- 1959-1960
- Custodial History
- Donated by Simon Ottenberg, 2000.
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.2000-007, Item EEPA 2000-007-0382
- 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.
- Bibliography
- Masked rituals of Afikpo, the context of an African art; Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1975. [published in connection with an exhibition shown at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, May 24-June 21, 1975].
- 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 September 1959 to December 1960.
- Original caption reads, "Mgbom Village, days after whipping contests. Ikpo masquerader, a form of logholo masquerader. It can open its face and bite someone if they are wicked. Playing and chasing masquerader. He can run into the bush because he sees clearly, chase people well, whereas logholo masquerader cannot. Netted face mask, partly dried body leaves. This one uses fresh leaves for costume." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part I].
- "There are a number of masked and costumed figures, called by the general term of logholo, who play about in the commons of their villages and are chased by uninitiated boys. The costume of the most common form of logholo consists of a light-yellow raffia cover from the shoulders to below the knees. Logholo is played in most Afikpo villages on eke (market) day, but in the Itim subgroup of Mgbom, Amuro, Anohia Nkalo, Anohia, and kpogrikpo, it is performed on orie days. There are four variant forms of the initiates' logholo, okwo,obuke, ikpo, and antankwiri. Ikpo wears a dark net mask with a snoutlike front and a string attached at its base. This form carries no stick, but has a reputation of being a fierce logholo, one that is said to bite someone that is wicked." [ Ottenberg, 1975: Masked rituals of Afikpo, the context of an African art; Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1975].
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536864686513-1536864686770-3
