IDNO

N.169541.GIJ

Description

A portrait of a woman. She is sitting on a folding chair in front of a plain blanket. A child is standing next to her. Two other children are standing next to trees to the right. The woman is wearing a plain cloth wrapper. Her hair is arranged into braided bunches, in which metal rings are woven. She has a single cord cord around her neck. She has a line of scarification running from her neck to her navel. [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.