Field Work in the Vicinity of Ondo, Western Region (Nigeria): Ritual Performance Including Omolu (also Called Obaluaye, Soppona, or Babaluwaye), God of Smallpox and Infectious Disease

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Creator: Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972

Date: 1951

Extent: 1 Item (photographic negative , b&w, 35mm.)

Type: Archival materials; Negatives

Topic: Clothing and dress; Cultural landscapes; Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa; Music; Musical instruments; Musicians; Rites and ceremonies

Place: Africa; Nigeria; Nigeria, Western; Ondo (Nigeria); Nigeria -- Ondo State -- Ondo

Culture: Yoruba (African people)

Collection Citation: Lorenzo Dow Turner papers,Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Lois Turner Williams.

Identifier: ACMA.06-017, Item ACMA LDT-N-R20-659

Field Work in the Vicinity of Ondo, Western Region (Nigeria): Ritual Performance Including Omolu (also Called Obaluaye, Soppona, or Babaluwaye), God of Smallpox and Infectious Disease

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Field Work in the Vicinity of Ondo, Western Region (Nigeria): Ritual Performance Including Omolu (also Called Obaluaye, Soppona, or Babaluwaye), God of Smallpox and Infectious Disease

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