IDNO

T.170045.GIJ

Description

An exhibition display case containing the statue of Shopona, the smallpox god (Yoruba, Nigeria), a Bundu or Sowei mask from the women's Sande society (Mende, Sierra Leone) and an akwete textile (Igbo, Nigeria). [PB 08/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; ?Europe British Isles; Nigeria; ?United Kingdom

Cultural Affliation

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/.

T.170044.GIJ - T.170049.GIJ - were located within a paper sleeve, now numbered C756/1.