Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples
name: label: Photographer
content: Ottenberg, Simon
label: Collector
content: Ottenberg, Simon
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Sierra Leone
label: Place
content: Guinea
label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Occupation
content: Weavers
label: Topic
content: Beadwork
label: Topic
content: Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Cultural landscapes
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Dance
creator: label: Photographer
content: Ottenberg, Simon
culture: label: Culture
content: Fulbe (African people)
label: Culture
content: Igbo (African people)
label: Culture
content: Mandingo (African people)
label: Culture
content: Limba (African people)
label: Culture
content: Fula (African people)
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content: Simon Ottenberg photographs of Limba and Afikpo Peoples
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection primarily includes photographs of Limba peoples taken by anthropologist Simon Ottenberg during field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, and Guinea, from October 1978 through July 1980.  The collection also includes photographs taken while conducting field research at an Afikpo village-group, in southeastern Nigeria, from January 30, 1988 to February 5, 1988 and in 1992.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Simon Ottenberg (1923-) is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington.  He studied under Melville J. Herskovits and William R. Bascom at Northwestern University.  He was a 1970 Guggenheim fellow.  He has written at least seven scholarly books and has curated numerous exhibitions.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3145 Slides (photographs) (color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: between 1978-1992
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: 16 photographs taken by Pa Huff, a Wesleyan Methodist Minister, at Bafodea old town and new town were donated to Ottenberg in 1999 by former field assistant Paul Hamaidu Mansaray.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2005-001
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
label: Type
content: Black-and-white transparencies
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The collection is arranged into two series by peoples, and further arranged by location.

Arrangement

Series 1: Limba Peoples, Sierra Leone and Guinea, 1978-1980

Subseries 1.1: Field Research, Year One, October 1978-August 1979

Subseries 1.2:  Field Research, Year Two, September 1979-1980 

Series 2: Afikpo Peoples, Guinea and Nigeria, 1988, 1992
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Finding aid by Eden Orelove, 2018. Slides digitized in 2017.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white transparencies
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection primarily includes photographs of Limba peoples taken by anthropologist Simon Ottenberg during field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, and Guinea, from October 1978 through July 1980.  The collection also includes photographs taken while conducting field research at Afikpo village-groups in Guinea and southeastern Nigeria, from January 30, 1988 to February 5, 1988 and in 1992. There are also some photographs by Pa Huff, a Wesleyan Methodist Minister, Venice Lamb, and Professor Labelle Prussin.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Archival Materials note
content: Related EEPA collections include: EEPA 1996-020 and EEPA 1994-012 (video-recorded interviews conducted by Ottenberg), and EEPA 2000-007 (photographs taken in Southeastern Nigeria within the Afikpo Village Group).

Simon Ottenberg Papers are located at the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.