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[Sango possession priestess dancing with her Dose], Ohori area, town of Ohumbe, Nigeria

Catalog Data

Photographer:
Drewal, Henry John  Search this
Collection Creator:
Drewal, Henry John  Search this
Drewal, Margaret Thompson  Search this
Extent:
1 Slide (col.)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides
Color slides
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
1975
Local Numbers:
EEPA A1992-028-01592
General:
Title source: Archives staff.
Citation source: Professor Henry John Drewal.
Exhibitions Note:
"African Art from the Permanent Collection," exhibited by the Neuberger Museum of Art, beginning in November, 2001.
Contexual image displayed in exhibit entitled, "Balance and Abundance: Concepts of Gender in African Art." held by the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, from October, 2001, through December, 2002.
Contexual image displayed in the African gallery at The Newark Museum in Newark, NJ.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Copyright held by John and Margaret Drewal. To publish images from this collection, permission must be given by Henry and Margaret Drewal. Contact Archives staff for further information. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Orisha religion  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Religious articles  Search this
Priests  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Collection Citation:
Henry and Margaret Drewal Photographs, EEPA 1992-028, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1992-028, Item EEPA D01592
See more items in:
Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection
Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Nigeria / 1975
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79431be69-4b4c-4ef9-bc80-be9cb4bea566
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1992-028-ref4407