IDNO

P.73730.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of a wooden figure that is seated on a stool and rests on rounded base. The figure has a large head with a high forehead and on top of the head is a rounded crown like hat with three protrusions. The face is striated with markings on the forehead and cheeks, the ears protrude and there is a pointed piece at the bottom of the neck. The figure is seated and is holding something in its hands. The figure is covered at the waist in a piece of striped cloth.

Place

W Africa; Europe British Isles; Nigeria; United Kingdom; England; London; southern Nigeria; near Onitsha; Niger River; ?Asaba

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; S.Ika or Edo?

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.73718.GIJ to P.73813.GIJ were kept in box 16, now numbered C334/.
P.73722.GIJ to P.73754.GIJ were found wrapped in paper, now numbered C334/1/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 8/4/2008]