IDNO

T.170091.GIJ

Description

Boys’ initiation dance in the Nri Akwa area. The male initiates are wearing tight loin cloths which are decorated with bells around the waist, knee bands made of seeds? or metal? and on their head they are wearing a black cap decorated like a coiffure and studded with round metal decorations. Some are wearing necklaces. In the background are spectators. [Description from record P.71490.GIJ, PB 19/09/2023]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Nri Akwa

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/.