IDNO

N.169427.GIJ

Description

A masquerader dancing in an Ekeleke play. The masquerader is wearing a tall white faced headdress, with horned coiffure. The masquerader's face is covered with cloths and his body draped in other printed cloths. Two attendants are standing nearby. One attendant is wearing a pith helmet, a white jacket over a white shirt and a striped cloth wrapper. The other attendant is wearing a white shirt and a chequered cloth wrapper. 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/.