IDNO

N.169503.GIJ

Description

A portrait of a woman. She is sitting on a wooden chair, in profile. She is wearing a striped cloth wrapper. Her hair is arranged into braided horns. She is wearing a single cord around her neck, and hoop earrings. She is suckling an infant whom she is holding in her arms. She is in front of a striped blanket hanging from a pole. In the background is a thatched building. [PB 01/06/23]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

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.169494.GIJ - N.169526.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/15.