IDNO

T.170090.GIJ

Description

A portrait of a child walking across a bridge over a river. The child has hair partly shaved into a wave pattern. The bridge is made of thick branches of wood laid lengthwise, lashed horizontally with narrow branches. The image captures the child reaching out with left leg carefully and keeping balance with [PB 19/09/2023] arms.

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; 1984

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/.