Egungun Dancing at the Palace, Oru, Ijebu
name: label: Collection Photographer
content: Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016
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content: John Pemberton III Collection Related to Agemo
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 167 Items (Items 603-769)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1986 August 17-August 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2015-010, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series is comprised of two sub-series that depict Egungun dancing in the palace courtyard in Oru, Ijebu.  The first sub-series  depicts a rehearsal on August 17, 1986 of the Egungun Society of Dancers, led by bata drummers and evaluated by senior members of the Society. The second sub-series depicts the performance of the Egungun Society of Dancers on August 19, 1986 before the Oba, chiefs, lineage elders, and distinguished visitors.  There is also one image of Henry and Margaret Drewal photographing the event.