IDNO

N.169504.GIJ

Description

A portrait of a woman. She is sitting on a wooden chair, facing the camera. She is wearing a plain cloth wrapper. Her hair is cut short. She is wearing a single cord around her neck with an amulet and cord bands around her calves. 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.