IDNO

N.169152.GIJ

Description

A portrait of women carrying bowls. To the left a woman dress in a white wrapper is facing the camera. On her head she is carrying a large bowl containing upturned bowls. She has her arms raised with her hands holding the bowl steady. She has several bead necklaces. To the right a woman in a dark cloth wrapper is facing the camera. She holds a small bowl in her right hand which is lowered and a large bowl in her left hand which is raised. There are two women in the background carrying bowls on their heads. [PB 27/04/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Jones, Ursula

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.169075.GIJ - P.169626.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C753/.

N.169130.GIJ - N.169155.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/3.