IDNO

LS.52061.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of a beautiful female white face mask used in Okorosi masquerades. The wooden mask consists of an oval shaped face that has a high forehead slightly protruding outwards, slit eyes, nose, curved ears, open mouthi with teeth and slightly protruding jaw. The face is painted white with a black line in the centre of the forehead, black eyebrows, nose and diagonal black marks on the cheeks, the mouth is outlined in black. The coiffure is painted black with a slight projection at the top and with incised markings on the sides and above the forehead.

Place

Africa; Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Isuama

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.52058.GIJ to LS.52066.GIJ were found with the piece of paper now numbered C247/5/ which was in wooden box formerly numbered 22. It has now been renumbered C247/ by the cataloguer.

The inscription on the box as well as a descriptive list of slides pasted on the inside lid of the box indicates that it originally contained lantern slides from the Fens and belonged to D.G. Reid.

However, the lantern slides are attributed to G.I. Jones because the handwriting on the papers found inside wooden box C246/ is similar to the handwriting on the papers found inside wooden box C247/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 9/4/2008]