IDNO

P.61271.GIJ

Description

A masquerade play in Lagos. A close up of one of the masquerader shows the brim of the hat, a woven cloth over the head of the masquerader, cloths draped over the body and holding a stick. In the background are other masqueraders dressed similarly and spectators.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Lagos

Cultural Affliation

Yoruba

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

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.61128.GIJ to P.61278.GIJ were kept in box 13, now numbered C294/.

Context: GI Jones photographed a masquerade in Lagos in the 1930s. He did not record what the name of the play was or what it was about. There are no written documents pertaining to this play.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 11/3/2008]