IDNO

T.169984.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of two carved wooden pots or bottles. The pot on the left has a rounded body on a base, with two handles, and a long neck with grooved rings. At the top of the pot there is a carrying loop and the mouth of the pot is formed into the beak of a bird. The pot on the right has several spouts emerging from its body at different heights. The shape of the pot is a figure of eight with a carrying handle carved at the top [PB 24/08/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

September 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/.