IDNO

T.170056.GIJ

Description

Oganochi, a mgbedike masquerader standing, with legs apart and arms to the side, at an angle to the camera. In the background are spectators seated and standing, a thatched hut and trees. There is an attendant beating a side drum.

The masquerader is wearing a full length cloth costume with light and dark striped ruffles on body and his upper arms and legs, with porcupine quills hanging from the edges of the ruffles. The masquerader is wearing a dark wooden helmet mask, with white paint accentuating the mouth, teeth and eyes. It is similar to an 'lion elephant mask'. There are two feathers held in the front of the band at the bottom of the horns. On the top of the mask are four carved horns curling inwards, with a carved animal finial joining the tips of the horns. [PB 14/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Onitsha province; Nri Awka

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Nri Akwa

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/.