IDNO

P.169584.GIJ

Description

A portrait of three masquerade dancers. The masquerader to the left is wearing a full length costume of raffia with a wooden face mask. The masquerader in the centre is wearing woven trousers, tunic and waist band. He has a bead waistband, an animal hide breastplate, and a hood of woven cloth adorned with mirrors. The masquerader on the right is wearing woven trousers, a tunic covered in wood platelets, and a mask and headdress constructed of tiers of wooden platelets. [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

P.169557.GIJ - P.169626.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C753/.

P.169583.GIJ - P.169608.GIJ were located in a Kodak envelope now numbered C753/2.