IDNO

N.169468.GIJ

Description

An Alusi tutelary and fertility mud figure. The body has a line of scarification marks running down the centre of its body. There is a deep grooved neck. The head above is in shape of a helmet and has no features. On top of the head is a combed crest. There is another mud figure in the background. [PB 11/05/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Isu

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.169461.GIJ - N.169493.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/14.