IDNO

P.71356.GIJ

Description

A tripod drum. Three carved figures with a membrane drum on the top.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Ibibio

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.71320.GIJ to P.71399.GIJ were kept in box 3, now numbered C303/.

Publication: Same image published on John McCall’s G.I. Jones website with the following information: [Source: www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/jones/, AF ]
1. Index to Ibibio, Ijo and Ogoni
2. Ibibio
3. Tripod Drum (4th image).

Context: Musical instruments.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 19/12/2007]