IDNO

P.71418.GIJ

Description

A young boy standing with three ‘modern’ wood carvings: a woman, a leopard, and a policeman.
The woman figure is standing holding a (wooden) umbrella in her hand. She has an elaborate coiffure parted in the middle and painted black. Her face is stylised and she has black eyebrows, almond shaped eyes with black pupils, nose and open mouth, her ears are adorned with earrings. She has a black painted neck and necklace, extended umbilicus, black painted loin covering (resembling beads?), striped leg rings and shoes, painted black with white spots for lacing.
The leopard figure is standing on four legs, with a large rounded face and tail. His mouth is open and his tongue is hanging out; it is decorated in black spots on a pale background, the paws are painted white with claws.
The policeman figure is standing wearing a uniform and holding a rifle in one hand. He is wearing a black hat on top of his pale face which is accentuated with almond shaped eyes, nose, rounded mouth and ears. The uniform is black but painted white to define the buttons, rank, and belt buckle, around the waist are truncheons.
In the background are trees and vegetation. [Alicia Fentiman 8/11/2007]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Onitsha province; Nri Awka

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Nri Akwa

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.71400.GIJ to P.71498.GIJ were kept in box 5, now numbered C302/.
P.71416.GIJ to P.71421.GIJ were found wrapped in paper, now numbered C302/4/.

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 Igbo music, shrines, architecture and other cultural artifacts
2. Other Igbo cultural items
3. Child with modern carvings A woman, leopard and policeman, Nri-Awka (20th image).

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 8/11/2007]