Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Metal anklets on wall over Abiku shrine
1975-06-19
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, "Metal anklets on wall over Abiku shrine. Abiku are spirits of children who died before reaching puberty. Ajibola (Head) Obalumo St at Ige's compound in Ishedo Quarter.".
- Collection
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
- Archival grouping
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Abiku (Spirit Children), Ìlá Òràngún
- Catalog date
- 1975-06-19
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Houlberg, Marilyn
- Recorded subjects
- Shrines
- 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 2015-015-1518
Collection: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection