IDNO

P.61286.GIJ

Description

Alose shrine located around a tree in a rural location, The shrine consists of an enclosed area of fencing made from branches and near the tree are two tripod shaped supports made from wood holding a large cylindrical wooden object.

In the left of the photograph there are chlldren in the background.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Cross River area

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

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.61280.GIJ to P.61354.GIJ were kept in box 1, now numbered C295/.

On the GI Jones website, www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/jones/, under,
1. Index to Igbo music, shrines, architecture and other cultural artifacts
2. Alusi or Arunsi (shrines)
3. Alusi Nri-Awka (2nd image).

Context: The Alose are “supernatural half-power” [Source:
Ibo-Speaking Peoples of Southern Nigeria, by E. Sidney Hartland, 1915. Journal of the Royal African Society, p. 275.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 2/10/2007]