IDNO

T.169955.GIJ

Description

A dark wooden face mask with large oval eyes, long nose, a very pouted rounded mouth, a large forehead and two thick horns tapering towards the tips. The white chalk accentuates the eyes, diagonal cheek markings, and horns. There is a piece of twine attached to the mask. The mask is propped up on a mounded area. [Description from record N.13062.GIJ , PB 28/07/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria; Cross River [Igbo [historically Ibo]; Ada]

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Ada

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/.