IDNO

T.170055.GIJ

Description

Part of the Nkporo Ifogu masquerade.
Two masqueraders wearing crested plumed, feather headdresses with circular cowrie shell detail, coloured netted raffia hoods which taper to extended points, tight raffia cloth ‘shirts’ and ‘tights’ and woven cloths tied around the waist. One of the masqueraders is holding a cloth? in his hand. In the background are bystanders, a thatched building and trees.[Description from record N.13103.GIJ, PB 14/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria; Cross River; Etitiama village

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Nkporo

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

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/.