IDNO

T.169971.GIJ

Description

Obugulu Mau (Ghost) masquerade.

Close up portrait of Ojo (Eju) Oni (Long Mouth) masquerade character wearing a carved and painted wooden head mask, attached to a woven cloth costume which covers the whole of the top half of the wearer. The “animal-like” mask is carved with two horns, eyes, nose, ears, snout with teeth. It is painted with dark pigment, on to which pale spots and lines have been added. In the background are grasses, huts, and trees. [Description from record N.13239.GIJ, PB 17/08/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Onitsha Province; near Awka; Amuda village

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Isuochi

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/.