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The back of head of a black girl, with her hair neatly sectioned off into small ornate braided loops.

In this black and white photo, the girl’s head is positioned in front of a plain white backdrop. Her small tight braids form three loops in each section around her head, close to the scalp. The section in the center top of her head has about five or six braided loops. We do not see her face, only the back of her ears and neck. The image is evenly lit, as if in a photo studio.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.29
People
J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, African (Ovbiomu-Emai, Nigeria 1930 - 2014)
Title
Atiai
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1970, printed 2012
Places
Creation Place: Africa, Nigeria
Culture
Nigerian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/348587

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 128.3 x 121.3 cm (50 1/2 x 47 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: recto, b.r., in black ink: D 'OKAI OJEIKERE [over] (FOTO OJEIKERE) [over] Lagos Nigeria
  • (not assigned): recto, b.r., in black inkl: [signature] [over] 20-01-2013 [at right] HD - 262 [over] 70

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, 2012, sold; through [L. Parker Stephenson, New York]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs
Accession Year
2013
Object Number
2013.29
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1120 Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/07/2015 - 04/06/2016

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