Eliot Elisofon and cameraman George Bracher filming pot found at Igbo-Ukwu excavation site, Ibadan, Nigeria

"The publication in 1970 of Thurstan Shaw's Igbo-Ukwu excavations in central Igboland revealed a priestly center at about A.D. 800 with design elements similar to some uli and other Igbo art of this century." [Ottenberg S., 1997: New Traditions from Nigeria, Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group. Smithsonian Institution Press]. This photograph was taken by Maya Bracher when she traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971. She was on assignment for Eliot Elisofon when he wrote, produced, and directed a four-hour television series for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) titled Black African Heritage (1973). The series was divided into four segments, lasting 50 minutes each: The Congo, The Bend of the Niger, The Slave Coast, and Africa's Gift.