IDNO

P.169574.GIJ

Description

A full length portrait of two young women standing in front of the wall of a thatched building. They are wearing wrappers. The young woman to the left appears to have some loss of skin pigmentation, possibly vitiligo?. She is wearing several cord necklets and has her hair arranged in braids. The young woman to the right is wearing a long necklet with a coin hanging on her waist. [PB 13/07/23]

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.

Related Archive: Prints P.169574.GIJ to P.169577.GIJ feature the same young woman. [PB 13/07/23]