IDNO

T.170135.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of an Ugbom headdress depicting a seated female figure. The figure is carved of wood; the top of the head depicts a square shaped coiffure, the face is naturalistic and shows a high forehead, nose, mouth and ears. There are three round keloid markings next to the ear. The neck is thick and the breasts are rounded, protruding umbilicus, arms are stretched outwards to the side and the fingers are incised. The figure is sitting on rectangular stool and the base of the carving narrows and tapers into a cylindrical bottom; holes for attaching the base are present. [Description from record N.72072.GIJ, PB 29/09/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Eastern Nigeria; ?Bende division

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/.

FT.170135.GI was found with a paper slip reading "University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate" now numbered C756/1.