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Masquerades
Date not recorded
Africa; 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.
Ibo, Ngwa. In the Aba/Ngwa area, west bank of the Imo River. Owu masquerader of Mami Wata mermaid [no roll number to correspond to field notes].
- Collection
- Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection
- Archival grouping
- Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection / Nigeria
- Recorded places
- Africa; Nigeria
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Drewal, Henry John; Drewal, Margaret Thompson
- Recorded subjects
- Mami Wata (African deity); Masked dance -- Photographs; Masquerades
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1992-028, Item EEPA 1992-028-10584
Collection: Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal Collection