IDNO

T.170131.GIJ

Description

The veranda of an Ekpe (Egbo) society meeting house in Umuajatta (Olokoro) village. The house has a tall thatched roof, and a wall painted by an Anang artist in the style of Ngwomo ghost houses, with paintings of animals and geometric shapes. [PB 29/09/2023]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939; October 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/.