IDNO

T.169973.GIJ

Description

A side view of an Ekpe (Ibo) wooden Janus head from the Umuahia area. The headpiece is very naturalistic in style and consists of two heads on a rounded base. The faces retain a delicate profile and each has three square geometric marks next to the ears and placed on top of the two heads is a coiled base supporting a rectangular piece of wood with a carved figure and an object on top. [Description from record P.72367.GIJ, PB 17/08/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Umuahia

Cultural Affliation

Igbo (Ibo)

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/.