IDNO

T.170058.GIJ

Description

Onu Kamma (Mouth stronger than sword) masquerade showing a close up view of three masqueraders wearing large conical shaped faceless masks made of layers of fibre and with a cloth panel in the front. The masqueraders are wearing tie-dyed/batik? tops and striped woven cloth trousers adorned with fibre skirts around the waist (cowrie shells are seen on the masquerader in the far right.) One of the masqueraders (left) is holding a metal gong and hitting it with a stick, the middle figure is also holding a gong. Behind the masqueraders is a large audience of bystanders in the background.[Description from record P.71567.GIJ, PB 14/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Onitsha province; Nri Awka; Nimo [town]

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/.