IDNO

P.169564.GIJ

Description

A close up portrait of a masquerader dancing in an Ekeleke play. He is wearing a white-faced Janus horned mask on his head. The horns curve outwards. The masquerader's face is covered with cloths and his body draped in other printed cloths. In the background are spectators and trees. [PB 06/07/23]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast 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

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.169075.GIJ - P.169626.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C753/.

P.169557.GIJ - P.169582.GIJ were located in a Kodak envelope now numbered C753/1.