IDNO

T.170125.GIJ

Description

Close up photograph of wall painting in Okwu village painted by an Anang artist in the style of Ngwomo ghost houses. The wall painting depicts two Ekpe (Egbo) figures in their masquerade costumes bending at the waist and with two curved designs on the top of their heads and a tail. Underneath the paintings is a border of geometric designs. [Description from record N.13209.GIJ , PB 29/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; ?southern Cross River Area; ?Okwu village

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

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/.