IDNO

T.170077.GIJ

Description

A close up portrait of a young woman in side profile. Her hair is styled into rows of short braids radiating from the crown of her head. She is wearing long drop earrings designed with a small round bead ringed in silver from which a length of silver chain with a long lozenge-shaped bead hangs. [PB 19/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria

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/.