IDNO

P.73806.GIJ

Description

The frontal profile of an unfinished figure of an antelope. The carving consists of a block of wood with a carved head with two pointed horns in the centre and two pointed ears with linear incised markigns on the sides; the face shows eyes and mouth; elongated neck with a criss cross design on a rounded base.

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]