Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Yoruba leather amulet maker, Akio, Nigeria
1973-10-12
African history · place not specified
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.
Original text on slide reads, "Yoruba leather amulet maker in Ikenne market. One with cowries is to give a market woman many sales. N 8. One he is working on has metal heads. To make a woman win arguments and give protection against fighters. Friday Market Day".
- Collection
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
- Archival grouping
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Field Slides in Ikenne, Akio / Balufon Gathering
- Catalog date
- 1973-10-12
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Houlberg, Marilyn
- Recorded subjects
- Marketplaces
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1232
Collection: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection