IDNO

T.169954.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of a mask from an Ogbukere play. The mask is wooden and represents a crocodile and fish like form. The head of the mask consists of a long snout or jaws with pointed teeth, an eye, dorsal fin and a fish tail. The mask is etched with square designs on the body of the fish to represent “scales”. At the bottom of the mask is a rounded area for attaching the headdress to the head of the actor. [Description from record N.61429.GIJ, PB 27/07/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Cross River area [Igbo [historically Ibo]; Ekpeya]

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Ekpeya

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/.