Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Ilishan Funeral, Ilishan, Nigeria
1980-08-24
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, "Ilishan Funeral. Oyenuwo- highest ranking Egungun from Ilara. Followed in aki-gorilla. Ife-Olu [Solaru]'s relative who made record".
- Collection
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
- Archival grouping
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Scenes
- Catalog date
- 1980-08-24
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Houlberg, Marilyn
- Recorded subjects
- Funeral rites and ceremonies
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0884
Collection: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection