IDNO

P.71569.GIJ

Description

Onu Kamma (Mouth stronger than sword) masquerade showing a close up view of 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 (cowrie shells are seen on the masquerader in the far right.) One of the masqueraders (left) is holding a metal gong and hitting it with a stick, the middle figure is also holding a gong. Behind the masqueraders is a large audience 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/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 22/10/2007]