IDNO

P.39267.NWT

Description

On Negative Listing: "840. 1, 2, 3.
Men dressed as
['a' struck through] helmets,
b small ?dress,
c mother.
840, 840b, 840c [written in blue pencil].
See 1369." [Thomas' manuscript on RAI MS 467-1(1-900)]

In Blench and Alexander Catalogue for N. W. Thomas photograph collection: “840b location: Otua; artefacts: mask;” [printed text]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Western Nigeria; Edo North; Otua [Kukuruku; Otwa]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

Collector / Expedition

Date

1909 - 1913

Collection Name

Northcote Thomas Collection

Source

Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This print was previously stored in a drawer. The cataloguer has marked the drawer C72/ and the envelope in which this print was kept C72/3/.

Biographical Information: See also Dr Jean Borgatti: "Age Grades, Masquerades and Leadership." African Arts XVI, I, Fall, 1982, 36-51. for age grades masquerades in Otua. [Information from Jean Borgatti, JD 11/11/2014]

Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 29/10/2012]