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Yoruba People (including Ife-Olu and Yesufu Ejigboye), Divination and Healing, Ibeji, and Shrines

1973-1988

African history · place not specified

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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.

Photos were taken in several towns including Ilishan, Ikenne, Iganna, Ilara, Shagamu, Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, and Egbe.

Collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Archival grouping
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 3: Gelede Art Objects/Carvers
Catalog date
1973-1988
Cataloged creator or photographer
Houlberg, Marilyn
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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 ↗

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Catalog reference: sova.eepa.2005-002_ref57

Collection: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection

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