IDNO

T.170057.GIJ

Description

Agu Necheni (lion-elephant) or Mbdekike masquerade in which the masquerader is dressed in a bulky fibrous quill studded costume with a large, wooden mask standing in front of a barrier?/fence? The mask is comprised of large, curved horns and in between the horns is a carved figure also adorned with horns. The ‘face’ of the mask shows bulging eyes encircled in white? paint, long triangular nose, and oversized mouth with large teeth. In the background are bystanders, huts, and trees. [Description from record N.71564.GIJ , PB 14/09/2023]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

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/.