IDNO

P.71567.GIJ

Description

Onu Kamma (Mouth stronger than sword) masquerade showing three masqueraders wearing large conical shaped faceless masks made of layers of fibre and with a cloth panel in the front. The masqueraders are wearing tie-dyed/batik? tops and striped woven cloth trousers adorned with fibre skirts around the waist. One of the masqueraders is holding a metal gong. Behind the masqueraders is an attendant and a large crowd of bystanders in the background.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Onitsha province; Nri Awka; Nimo [town]

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.71504.GIJ to P.71662.GIJ were kept in box 4, now numbered C301/.
P.71565.GIJ to P.71571.GIJ were found wrapped in paper, now numbered C301/4/.

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 Nsukka and Nri/Awka Igbo
2. Nri-Awka Igbo
3. Onu Kamma maskers (mouth stronger than sword) Nimo (21st image).

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 27/11/2007]