IDNO

T.170118.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of a wooden face mask on display in an exhibition against a white painted wall. The mask is made from dark and unpainted wood. It has a stepped crest on the top. The face is set on a rectangular base. The eyebrows are pronounced and nose carinated. [PB 26/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria

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/.