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Egungun masks, Oyo area, town of Lanlate, Nigeria

Catalog Data

Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Date:
1970
Scope and Contents:
Original title reads,"R7-26, Egungun masks at Lanlate, carved in Iseyin by (?), one on right represents Dahomean. Owned by Ojelabi."
Local Numbers:
R7-26
General:
Title source: Marilyn Houlberg and EEPA staff based on slide information
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Email: elisofonarchives@si.edu
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Egúngún (Cult)  Search this
Masks  Search this
Wood-carving  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2005-0002-00222
See more items in:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 2: Egungun Festivals / Egungun
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b54c892f-76e8-4a16-9b7e-fd4c8ca3707b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref1240