IDNO

P.73748.GIJ

Description

A copy of an Igbo mask made in the Brass District. The white face mask consists of an oval shape with rounded eyes, nose and elongated snout like mouth. On top of the mask are two carved heads and a twisted braid or coiffure in the center.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Brass district

Cultural Affliation

Nembe?

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/.

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 Ibibio, Ijo and Ogoni
2. Ijaw
3. Mask from Brass District Said to be copied from an Igbo mask (2nd image).

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