IDNO

T.170106.GIJ

Description

An Ikem masquerade play. A masquerader wearing an Anang carved female face mask over a square frame covered in ca printed cloth and wearing a striped wrapper or waist cloth. The face of the mask is a very naturalistic and human, with accentuated dark eyebrows, eyes, fine nose, marks on both cheeks, and lips, with an elaborate black coiffure parted in the centre and in large plaits or braids, around the neck is a large necklace. The masquerader is holding and umbrella in one hand and a handkerchief in the other. To the side of the masquerader is a man “attendant” holding a musical instrument?; he is wearing a white top and plaid wrapper. Behind is a group of spectators and in the background are thatched houses and trees. [Description from record N.13198.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/.