Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
A Tiv girl of Benue Province in Nigeria with scarification,Ethiopia
1972-12
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, "A Tiv girl of Benue Province in Nigeria with scarification. From Benue Province in Nigeria. With the characters Tle?. Elaborate geometrical design around the navel. Ottenberg- Cultures of Sorite? in ?".
- Collection
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
- Archival grouping
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Cross River Monoliths
- Catalog date
- 1972-12
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Houlberg, Marilyn
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (B/W, 35 mm.)
Explore Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art ↗
About this record
This is a catalog record for historical archival material, not a biography. Catalog wording reflects the source record. Metadata reuse does not grant permission to reproduce restricted photographs or documents.
Sources & collection details
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1126
Collection: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection