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Aworo-oshe as priest of orisha Oshoosi holding bow and arrow, Ila Orangun
1984
Ila Orangun (Nigeria)
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
"Obatala priest wearing a white, beaded, conical crown surmounted by a bird with a red parrot tail feather, Ila Orangun." [Abiodun R. Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art. Cambridge University Press; 2014. Figure 72, pp. 153] Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "IV.A.84.95".
- Collection
- John Pemberton III Collection
- Archival grouping
- John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / Shrines and festivals for Orisha Obatala
- Catalog date
- 1984
- Recorded places
- Ila Orangun (Nigeria)
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016; Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -; Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009
- Recorded subjects
- Bow and arrow; Priests; Beads; Crowns (headdresses)
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2306
Collection: John Pemberton III Collection