IDNO

N.169432.GIJ

Description

A close up portrait of 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 a cloth and his body draped in other printed cloths. 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/.