IDNO

P.73792.GIJ

Description

A Nwammo type sculpture carved in wood and placed on a wooden chair. The sculpture is two-tiered and consists of three carved standing figures with spiky coiffures on a scalloped platform and underneath is a janus headed carving on a rounded base. In the background is an open doorway and men on either side.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; South Ika

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/.

Context: Nwammo type

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 5/3/2008]