IDNO

T.169962.GIJ

Description

The interior of an Obu House with the close up view of a large wooden sculpture. The face of the sculpture consists of a humanised figure with carved arched eyebrows, elliptical shaped eyes, string nose, lips and curved ears, around the neck is a deeply incised circular base. On top of the head is a defined hairline with two linear projections with rounded tops painted with white dots in front of a rectangular base. The top is rounded and curved with thickly incised markings. Behind the sculpture is a block wall. [Description from record N.71855.GIJ, PB 28/07/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Cross River [I]

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Abiriba

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939; October 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/.