IDNO

T.170040.GIJ

Description

A close up of a face mask being held in a window frame. The mask has two painted horns and a central spike coming out of the top. The forehead is grooved and painted in different colours, from the eye slits to the top of the mask. The eye slits have several grooves around them. The nose is indicated by paint. The mouth has a rough slit. The mask is propped up in front of a wooden box. The raffia ties can be seen. There is a cloth covering part of the top of the mask and the fingers of the person holding the mask are in the image. [PB 08/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeastern Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

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/.