This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960.
Original caption reads, "Wooden bridge called Iyi Oka, between road south from Mgbom Village and Unwana Village-Group, the latter a related Village-Group to Afikpo. Later it collapsed. Typical of the wooden plank road bridges of the time." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part I].
Local Numbers:
82/1959-1960
EEPA 2000-070304
General:
Title source: Dr. Simon Ottenberg, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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Simon Ottenberg Papers are located at the National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
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