IDNO

P.169659.GIJ

Description

Mgbedike masquerade. The masquerader is wearing an elaborate headdress carved of horns, figures, animals, and on the top of the headdress is a man with a white face riding a horse? The mask is covered with palm fronds, omu, and the masquerader is holding an object (machete? or knife?) in one hand. The costume is made of cloth, palm fronds, shells, seeds and porcupine quills jutting out around the neck. In the background are trees, bystanders, and houses. [Description from record N.71562.GIJ, PB 18/11/2022]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Onitsha province; Nri Awka

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.169627.GIJ - P.169904.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C754/.

P.169652.GIJ - P.169679.GIJ were located in a brown envelope now numbered C754/2/.

N.71562.GIJ is a close up view of the masquerade character.