Carol Barnard Ottenberg and Ansumana, the caretaker of the Methodist Wesleyan Mission house and property on top of Mission Hill, Bafodea Town, Sierra Leone

Object Details

Local Numbers: H-21/1978-1980
General: Title source: Dr. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

See more items in: Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples; Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples / Series 1: Limba Peoples, Sierra Leone and Guinea / 1.2: Field Research, Year Two / Bafodea Town, Sierra Leone

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. Photographs by Pa Huff, Hamaidu Mansaray, and Labelle Prussin are restricted. In these cases, the photographer's permission is required for access and publication of images.

Scope and Contents: This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, from February, 16, 1988 through March 04, 1988.; Original title reads, "My wife Carol and Ansumana, the caretaker of the Methodist Wesleyan Mission house and property on top of Mission Hill, overlooking Bafodea Town, and another man. It was not used during my 1978-1980 trip or at this time, but had been for a while in between. An African missionary was staying there but was away. Bafodea Town represented the northern end of this mission at the time. The mission did not have enough people to staff it much of the time, but always had a Limba pastor for the church in town. Mission hill was the site of the first known Bafodea Town." [Ottenberg field research notes, Limba Slides and Photographs, February 1988-March 1988].

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.