IDNO

N.169397.GIJ

Description

Two dancers in the Ekeleke masquerade, dancing in front of a crowd of spectators. They are dancing on stilts. The dancers are wearing small double-headed Janus helmet masks. They are wearing cloths over the heads, shirts and wrappers. In front of the spectators there are men sitting on the ground playing gong drums, with wooden beaters in each hand. [PB 16/02/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Jones, Ursula

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

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

N.169379.GIJ - N.169400.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/11.