IDNO

T.169972.GIJ

Description

An Ekpe (Ibo) double headed head on a wooden base. The pair of heads consist of fine naturalistic and delicate facial features: eyelids (no eyes), delicate nose, hollowed cheeks, mouth and elongated neck, layers of etched and incised markings for hair and a curved crest on the top. The heads are on a rectangular bar that is etched in square designs, and this rests on a small pedestal.[Description from record LS.52043.GIJ, PB 17/08/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Umuahia

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Ngwa

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/.