IDNO

T.170083.GIJ

Description

A portrait of a man and woman sitting on stools in front of a shuttered door with a white door knob. The woman on the left of the image wears a patterned headcloth tied with a bow and a wrapper. Her legs and feet are tattooed with rings and she has circles and other geometric marks on her upper body and arms. The man has close-shaven hair and wears a waistcloth. He is holding a circular wooden carving in his hands (?a house surrounded by land). [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/.