IDNO

D.169673.GIJ


Description

A mau (ghost) masquerade which shows a close up view of Iro Ekpetu (‘Merciless’). The masquerader, is sitting on a chair and wearing a fierce-looking black carved mask with incised decorative design along the lower forehead, white? painted eyes, pointed nose, bulging mouth with protruding teeth painted ?white, and a raffia hairpiece, and a cloth top. The masquerader is holding a stick in the left hand. Behind the masquerader is a walled compound with mud hut, thatched roof, trees and vegetation.
[Description from record N.13253.GIJ, PB 27/10/2022]


Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Onitsha Province; Nri Awka; Amuda village


Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]


Named Person


Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)


Collector / Expedition


Date

1932 - 1938


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/.

Associated images: N.13239.GIJ; N.13240.GIJ; N.13241.GIJ; N.13242.GIJ; N.13243.GIJ; N.13244.GIJ; N.13245.GIJ; N.13246.GIJ; N.13247.GIJ; N.13248.GIJ; N.13249.GIJ; N.13250.GIJ; N.13251.GIJ; N.13252.GIJ; N.13254.GIJ; N.13255.GIJ; N.13256.GIJ; N.13257.GIJ [all images depicting the Obugulu Mau masquerade in Amuda village]


FM:310160

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