IDNO

P.73831.GIJ

Description

Ifu Mong (Ancestor shrine) in Ohaffia. The shrine is inside a building and consists of several clay pots and pieces of twine and other materials. The wall of the building is made of mud.

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Ohaffia

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.73815.GIJ to P.73888.GIJ were kept in box 9, now numbered C337/.

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 Ohafia/Abam Igbo
2. Miscellaneous images from Ohafia
3. Ancestor shrine (ifu mong) (1st image)

Context: add info on ancestor shrine

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