IDNO

LS.125514.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Calabar. 70.23-25.
Play of late Chief Ogolo of Opobo - men dressed in ritual costumes.
(3 slides)."

On Leading Catalogue Card in S.67: "Nigeria.
Most of the Nigerian slides with white labels are those of A.J.N. Tremearne."

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Northern Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Hausa

Named Person

Chief Ogolo of Opobo

Photographer

Tremearne, Arthur John Newman (Major)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1913

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: Hausa Superstitions and Customs; an Introduction to the Folk-lore and the Folk (1913), by Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915. (London, J. Bale, sons & Danielsson, ltd.). [JD 16/8/2013]

Publication: Image published in 'Ụkpụrụ̄: Historical images of the Igbo, their neighbours and beyond. Blogger / Twitter / Instagram: @ukpuru', and captioned: "“Play of late Chief Ogolo of Opobo - men dressed in ritual costumes.” photographed by Arthur Tremearne, c. 1913. MAA Cambridge. Ọkọnkọ masquerade known as Atụ, bush cow." [source: https://ukpuru.tumblr.com/post/185067597947/play-of-late-chief-ogolo-of-opobo-men-dressed, JD 28/07/2025]