IDNO

N.169553.GIJ

Description

A group portrait of members of a compound. An older man in soft hat, white shirt and striped wrapper is sitting in the foreground with his legs akimbo and hands on his knees. To the right are two men sitting. The man in the foreground is looking at the camera, with his hands in his lap. He has ichi marks running from his neck to his chest. The man sitting behind is looking down. he has a cloth bag at his feet. Another man is standing in the background. On the left, a woman holding an infant is standing at the threshold to a thatched building. A young is standing in the doorway. There is another thatched building in the background. There is a wooden hand-held gardening tool on the ground to the left. [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.