Ottenberg, Simon

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1923-06-06
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Simon Ottenberg is emeritus professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he was a faculty member from 1955-1991. He received his PhD from Northwestern University in 1957. His advisor was Melville J. Herskovits, founder of the Program of African Studies.

From the guide to the Simon Ottenberg Papers, 1950s-2000s, (Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies)

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Subjects:

  • Aesthetics, African
  • Afikpo Igbo masquerade audiences
  • Afikpo Igbo masquerade performance
  • Afikpo Igbo masquerades
  • Art, African
  • Art, African
  • African masquerade performance
  • Art and society
  • Art, Igbo
  • Artists, Igbo
  • Arts
  • Beadwork, Limba
  • Brides
  • Children's masquerades
  • Ethnology
  • Igbo (African people)
  • Igbo (African people)
  • Igbo painted wall designs
  • Limba (African people)
  • Limba (African people)
  • Limba (African people)
  • Limba (African people)
  • Limba (African people)
  • Limba beaded headbands
  • Limba dance
  • Limba ensembles (Musical groups)
  • Limba men's initiation
  • Limba music
  • Limba musical instruments
  • Limba performance
  • Limba women's initiation
  • Maskers
  • Masks, African
  • Masks, African
  • Masks, Igbo
  • Masquerade performance
  • Masquerades
  • Mural paintings and decoration, Igbo
  • Social change
  • Songs, Limba
  • Women, Limba
  • Wood-carvers, Igbo

Occupations:

  • Compilers

Places:

  • Africa, West (as recorded)
  • Nigeria (as recorded)
  • Nigeria--Afikpo (as recorded)
  • Bafodea (Sierra Leone) (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Africa, West (as recorded)
  • Musicians (as recorded)
  • Nigeria--Afikpo (as recorded)
  • Sierra Leone--Bafodea (as recorded)
  • Sierra Leone (as recorded)