IDNO

N.169540.GIJ

Description

A portrait of a woman in profile sitting on a folding chair in front of a plain blanket. The woman is wearing a plain blouse and patterned cloth wrapper. Her hair is cropped and she has a single cord and a braided leather cord around her neck. She is holding an infant in her arms and the photograph is made as she moves her right arm to attend to the infant. To the left a child is standing looking at the camera. In the background there is a thatched building. [PB 16/06/23]

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.169527.GIJ - N.169556.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/16.