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Well of Moremi, shrine in the garden of the Palace of the Ooni of Ife
1981
Ife (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.
Moremi was an indigenous of the local people of Ife when the "peoples from the north" (presumably led by Oduduwa) invaded the Ife area. She assisted the leader of the invaders (Oduduwa) and was rewarded by becoming the wife of Oduduwa. The well is a memorial located where Moremi "sank into the earth at her death.".
- Collection
- John Pemberton III Collection
- Archival grouping
- John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / From Lagos to Ekiti / Ile Ife
- Catalog date
- 1981
- Recorded places
- Ife (Nigeria)
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016; Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -; Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3756
Collection: John Pemberton III Collection