Description (Labels & Markings)
Written on object in white ink: '16'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (CMS Context)
'16' written on right short end of crossbar [in white ink].
Event Date 23/6/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Publications by G.I. Jones: Jones, G. I., 1984. The Art of Eastern Nigeria. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press.
Jones, G. I., 1989. Ibo Art. Shire Ethnography. Shire Publications.
Event Date 4/6/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Gwilyam Iwan 'G.I.' Jones (1904 - 1995) was a colonial officer in southern Nigeria from 1926 to 1946, before becoming Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College. He undertook further periods of fieldwork and published major books on southern Nigeria that are still highly regarded for their sensitivity to historical complexity.
For more than twenty years, MAA has cared for Jones’ exceptionally rich photographic archive, which documents the great masquerade traditions and other aspects of the culture of the region. In February 2013 the Museum acquired part of Jones’ personal collection of artefacts, assembled over the decades he worked in Igboland, the Cross River and other regions. The group of masks, carvings and other works represent vital aspects of belief, history and art over the middle twentieth century.
The G.I. Jones collection of West African material was purchased on February 1 2014 from his widow Ursula Jones who generously allowed MAA to select from G.I.’s personal collection in her home. Purchase funded partly through donations by Jesus College, John Goodliffe, Margaret Risbeth and the Wenbam Smith Family (as of June 3 2014).
Event Date 4/6/2014
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Two headed wooden sculpture, one head has a central projection on the top of the head, the other has a lock hairstyle and used to have an oval projection on top of the locks. That piece has broken off and is stored with the object. The two heads sit on a cross bar which is in turn supported by a cylindrical wooden pillar. There are three empty slots on the crossbar.The two heads sit very loosely in there slot, the smaller one is easily detached the other cannot be removed. Surface of object covered with red, white and black pigment. Insect damage in several places, the nose of the smaller head severely damaged. Large crack running along the length of the back of the crossbar. Condition: Fair, three pieces missing.
Event Date 4/6/2014
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Wooden sculpture depicting two heads on a rectangular bar, atop a central wooden pillar. One head has a central projection decorated with red white and green triangles and red neck rings. The second head has an oval projection, now detached, and a lock hairstyle painted black, and red and green neck rings. Both have carved faces with painted geometric patterns. Rectangular bar decorated with red and black geometric design.
Event Date 29/9/2021
Author: Emily Shorter