IDNO

P.73732.GIJ

Description

A Patani Mask. The wooden head mask consists of a rounded base decorated with heads, in the centre are several faces carved with high foreheads with black markings, eyes, long nose and rectangular mouth with rows of incised teeth, on top of the mask is a rounded base with a linear projections.

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Edo [historically Patani]

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]