IDNO

P.169811.GIJ

Description

Two clay figures, one male and the other female, sitting in the interior of an Mbari house. The male figure is facing the camera. He is a diviner. He has a conical striped hat, and a cloth wrapped around his waist. In each hand he holds a rattle. Between his legs are various objects including a small bowl in which there are beads or seeds. The female figure, his client, is in profile. She has hair curled in waves. He arms are raised. She is wearing a cloth around her waist and a short-sleeved blouse with a mesh pattern which covers her neck. The wall in the background is decorated with painted rectangular shapes of different shades. To the left is a vertical line of painted triangular shapes. To the right is a wall painted with large triangular shapes of different shades. [PB 15/12/2022]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Imo state; Owerri; Umuhu Ngor

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Oratta 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.169804.GIJ - P.169819.GIJ were located in an blue Seltona envelope now numbered C754/9/.

Image used in The Art of Eastern Nigeria, fig 25. 'Lady consulting diviner: Mbari house. Umuhu Ngor. Oratta Ibo.' p 91. Cambridge: CUP. 1984