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Chief Otitoola, the Obala, holding Eshu sculpture from Osi Opin (northern Ekiti), "100 years old,", Ile Obala
1972
Ila Orangun (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.
Cataloged as “Chief Otitoola, the Obala, holding Eshu sculpture from Osi Opin (northern Ekiti), "100 years old,", Ile Obala” (Slides (photographs)).
- Collection
- John Pemberton III Collection
- Archival grouping
- John Pemberton III Collection / Slides / Divination Orisha Eshu
- Catalog date
- 1972
- Recorded places
- Ila Orangun (Nigeria)
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Pemberton, John, III, 1928-2016; Pemberton, Jane G., 1931 -; Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade, 1925 - 2009
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-2829
Collection: John Pemberton III Collection