IDNO

T.170114.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of an image of Ekpo wooden face mask. An Ekpo mask with a stylised rounded face. Incised markings on the forehead, large round eyes, small nose, and incised markings to indicate mouth and rounded teeth. [Description from record N.13172.GIJ, PB 26/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; ?near Abak; ?near Ikot Ekpene

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/.

Publication: Image published in Jones, G.I. 1984. The Art of Eastern Nigeria. (Cambridge: CUP), fig. 43, p. 130, and captioned as "Ekpo mask. stylised mode." [PB 26/09/2023]