IDNO

N.169512.GIJ

Description

A close up portrait of a woman, facing the camera, with her eyes looking at the photographer. She is smiling. She has a single cord around his neck. Her hair is arranged into plaits. She has an ichi marks on her forehead and line of marks on her upper chest. She is in front of a striped blanket hanging from a pole. In the background is a thatched building. The woman is holding an infant, who's head is just visible. [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.