IDNO

T.169952.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of an Central Ijo mask called Ekeni or Ezotu. The wooden head mask consists of a rounded central frame with a head carved in the centre. The head consists of a high forehead with a line in the centre, two rounded peg like eyes, nose and rectangular mouth with a serrated top representing teeth. The mask has white pigmentation on it. The top of the mask is a board with two peg like protrusions and the bottom of the mask is a flat wooden board with a hole in the bottom. [Description from record N.13048.GIJ, PB 27/07/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Ijo

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 online on 'Jones Archive', Southern Illonois University, as "ijo6. Cultural Igbo, near Forcados". [Source: https://jonesarchive.siu.edu/photo-indexes/ijaw-ogoni/, PB 20/07/2023]