Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Rice husk material from a rice mill, Abakaliki Town, Nigeria
1959-1960
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.
This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960. Original caption reads, "Scenes in Abakaliki Town. Rice husk material from a rice mill, with women working it over for rice grains." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part II].
- Collection
- Simon Ottenberg photographs
- Catalog date
- 1959-1960
- Recorded places
- Africa; Nigeria
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Ottenberg, Simon
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2000-007, Item EEPA 2000-007-0994
Collection: Simon Ottenberg photographs