Works of art in situ
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: 4-5, 18b

 I 2 YRB
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Drewal, Henry John
label: Collection Creator
content: Drewal, Margaret Thompson
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Nigeria
topic: label: Topic
content: Art in situ -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Gelede -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Works of art in situ
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba (African people)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection
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content: Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Nigeria
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1992-028, Item EEPA 1992-028-00207
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Imala Double mask connected by intricate image of snakes, animals, and figures carved by Abegure Akere. Died a long time ago. The figure at the back holding a cane and Koran and wearing beard and turban represents Sule, the founder of Islam in Imala. He was member of Onidofoi cult. In his time he helped carry the mask to the market. The other figure with shawl around neck and beard is probably Elemo of Onidofoi cult who was said to wear Muslim dress. He dances with the shawl. The female figures are the iyalase - they worship Onidofoi. They sit before Onidofoi and represent Apotun. They worship with kola. They are also called Awon eya wa because they are believed to have powers of witchcraft. The snakes represent the power of Onidofoi. [Other works by Akere are illustrated in Thompson, Ch.13, plII. Thompson says Akere did work in 1st quarter of 20thC.] [index cards p5]. The date on the slide is MAY 71.