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Eshu sculpture from Osi Opin (northern Ekiti), "100 years old," Ile Obala
1972
Ila Orangun (Nigeria); Ekiti (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.
"Èșù [Esu/Eshu] dance staff, Ila-Orangun, Nigeria. Photo by John Pemberton, 1977." [Abiodun R. Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art. Cambridge University Press; 2014. Figure 122, pp. 261] Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes. Original number, "V.B.72.55".
- Collection
- John Pemberton III Collection
- Archival grouping
- John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / Divination Orisha Eshu
- Catalog date
- 1972
- Recorded places
- Ila Orangun (Nigeria); Ekiti (Nigeria)
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016; Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -; Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009
- Recorded subjects
- Shells; Beads; Wood-carving
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2827
Collection: John Pemberton III Collection