IDNO

T.170094.GIJ

Description

A close up view of an Ikem masquerade female head mask on top of a square frame covered in cloth. The mask is very naturalistic and shows refined features and black hair and an elaborate coiffure made of twisted or curved “horns”. The side profile of the face shows dark eyebrows, inset eyes, nose, and lips (outlined in a darker shade). The ears are carved with an earring. [Description from record N.13199.GIJ, PB 22/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Umuahia

Cultural Affliation

Ibibio

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/.