Field Work in Big Qua Town, Calabar, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Wire Recording Session of a Wedding Ceremony Attended by Ntoe Ika Ika Oqua II, Paramount Ruler of the Qua Clan: the Bride Surrounded by Women Chanting, Handclapping and Drumming
Object Details
- Creator
- Turner, Lorenzo Dow, 1890-1972
- Date
- 1951
- Extent
- 1 Item (photographic negative , b&w, 35mm.)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives
- Topic
- Cultural landscapes
- Hairstyles -- Africa
- Headdresses -- headgear -- Africa
- Music
- Sound recordings
- Rites and ceremonies
- Women -- Africa
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Nigeria, Eastern
- Calabar (Nigeria)
- Nigeria -- Cross River State -- Calabar
- Culture
- Ejagham (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-R22-719
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- Date
- 1895 - 1972