IDNO

N.169416.GIJ

Description

A masquerader dancing in an Ekeleke play. The masquerader is wearing a tall white faced headdress, with feathered coiffure. The masquerader's face is covered with cloths and his body draped in other printed cloths. He is dancing on wooden stilts. He is rushing towards an attendant who is wearing cloth wrappers over his body and legs. The attendant is learning backwards as the masquerader comes towards hgm. In the background are spectators and trees. [PB 30/03/23]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Orsu

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.169401.GIJ - N.169436.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/12/.