IDNO

D.169671.GIJ

Description

A half length portrait of man in profile. The location is a village or town in Nigeria. There is a tree and a large house with a thatched roof in the background. The man is wearing a pith helmet. He has a striped cloth wrapped diagonally over his left shoulder and across his chest, and another length of cloth draped over the same shoulder. [PB 24/11/2022]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern 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.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/.