Vote for the second-class Afikpo chief at the Afikpo Native Court, Afikpo Village-Group, 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 he was conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960. Original caption reads, "Vote for the second-class Afikpo chief at the Afikpo Native Court. Elders favoring Anthony Onye returning to court and being counted by the Assistant District Officer, Mr. Unaka, on way into the court. Unaka is Igbo, married to an African-American." [Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part I].

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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