IDNO

T.170087.GIJ

Description

A portrait in side profile of a brass-smith sitting cross-legged on a board on top of a folded chair, fitting brass rings on to the legs of a young woman who is sitting on a chair in front of him. The man is just fitting a brass ring to her left leg, her right leg already has rings from her ankle to her thigh. The man is wearing a floppy broad-brimmed hat and a waistcloth. The woman is wearing a patterns head cloth and a wrapped. They are on a pavement in front of a mud brick wall on which is incised (?or embossed) a wheel design. [PB 19/09/2023]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Nri Awka

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/.