IDNO

P.73798.GIJ

Description

A close up view of an ancestral figure inside a shrine. The head of the figure depicts a pointed coiffure with horn-like protrusions; the face consists of a high forehead with horizontal raised dots and vertical linear scarification marks, almond shaped eyed, nose, mouth and ears; there are scarification markings on the sides of the temples and diagonal markings on the cheeks. The neck is coiled and adorned with a necklace of seeds. In the background are poles and mud walls.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; North 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/.

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