IDNO

T.170007.GIJ

Description

A group of young males initiates (junior age grade members) in a parade in the Isiji masquerade. The Isiji are wearing similar tall conical headdresses made of fresh Thaumatococcus leaves and raffia sacking on a stick frame, a palm frond costume, adorned with wrist-ornaments. On both sides is a crowd of adult males standing watching the masquerade, wearing shorts, cloths, headgear and shirts. There are trees in the background. [PB 31/08/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria; Cross River

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Nkporo

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/.

Publication: Image published in Jones, G.I. 1984. The Art of Eastern Nigeria. (Cambridge: CUP), fig. 114, p. 211, and captioned as "Parade of initiates: they are draped in 'Omu' leaves of light green and their masks are coloured yellow, black and red, and topped with drak green leaves. Isiji masquerade, Nkporo tribe. Ada Ibo group. Cross River Ibo." [PB 31/08/2023]