IDNO

T.169965.GIJ

Description

The interior of an Obu House showing a male elder sitting on a bench and with four Obu house carvings behind him. The man is dressed in a jacket, shirt, plaid wrapper and has a cloth thrown over his shoulder. He is wearing bracelets around his wrists. The four figures in the background are very stylised, with elongated upper torso, and painted in dark and light colours. The figure on the left is standing upright and wearing a tall coiffure; the second figure is standing and holding a staff in the centre and wearing a hat; the third figure is female and is holding a pot on top of her head; the fourth is male and is holding a machete in one hand and a head in the other. Behind the carvings, is a bamboo panel with raffia, possibly a shrine? [Description from record P.71858.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; 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/.