IDNO

T.170080.GIJ

Description

A half-length portrait of an older woman standing in side profile. She has turned her head to look back and is smiling. He left elbow is sticking out with her hand resting on her hip. She has cropped hair. She is wearing a leather cord necklet. A chequered cloth is draped over her left shoulder, with knot from which hangs a key on a string. [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/.