IDNO

T.169951.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of a comic Lughulu mask. The mask is round in shape and has two large circular eyes, long nose and it is painted with white markings and spots all over with a dark background. [Description from record P.71757.GIJ, PB 27/07/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria; Isu-Item

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Item

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939; 1984

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.169937.GIJ - T.170148.GIJ were located together in a Agfa transparency box, now numbered C756/.

Publication: Image published in Jones, G.I., 1989. Ibo Art. (Pinces Risborough: Shire), figure 53, p.61 and captioned: "Lughulu [sic 'Lughulu'] masquerade. Item tribe, Isu-Item Ibo. Comic face mask." [PB 27/07/23]

Publication: Image published online on 'Jones Archive', Southern Illinois University, as 'Item6. Lughulu Mask Comic male mask'. [Source: https://jonesarchive.siu.edu/photo-indexes/item-igbo/, PB 27/07/23]