IDNO

T.169959.GIJ

Description

The interior of an Obu House with the close up view of two figures and a wooden slit drum. The figure on the left has an abstract face which is elongated and mounted on a rounded plate behind; the upper torso depicts rounded shoulders, a protruding umbilicus, clenched hands, and the legs are bent at the knees with squarish feet with incised markings. The figure is painted in different colours and patterned designs. The figure on the right is more human-like and the face is rounded with a crested headdress, the upper torso depicts rounded shoulders, clenched fists with an object in one hand, bent knees and round anklets. The drum is hanging on the wall and hollowed wooden sculpture. [Description from record N.71871.GIJ, PB 28/07/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Cross River

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Abiriba

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/.