Group portrait of members of the Adamorisha, Lagos, Nigeria
place: label: Place
content: Lagos (Nigeria)
topic: label: Topic
content: Funerals
label: Topic
content: Funeral rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Hats
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content: West African photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (albumen, B&w, 10.5 x 15.5 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [between 1877-1895]
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Enrica Sturani, 1995.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170020
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Costumes and clothes
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
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content: Costumes and clothes
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Group portrait of eleven. Nine members are part of the Adamorisha, but only three (sitting) wear agbada gowns and aso oke. They participate in an event known as the Eyo festival, or Adamu Orisa, traditionally a funeral event to celebrate the memory of the deceased. Two young children on the ground before them, and six men standing in the background, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1875-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Burial Costume, Lagos." Photographer unknown.