IDNO

P.73790.GIJ

Description

Ofo, Uxurhe ancestral staff and Ikenga placed on a piece of fur on a raised platform within a shrine.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Edo; Ishan

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/.

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 Ika Igbo (Western Igbo)
2. Ofo, uxurhe and other pieces [includes Ikenga], North Ika (1st image).

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 26/2/2008]