IDNO

N.169471.GIJ

Description

A close up of the front of an Alusi tutelary and fertility full length mud figure moulded in the smooth mud of the hollow of the shrine. The figure is sitting on a grid of ridged lines. The head has eyes and mouth indicated by simple holes with a small nose and ears. Feet and hands are indicated by notches in the mud. A cross pattern of three parallel line is marked on the body with the centre of the cross a raised navel. [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.