IDNO

T.170139.GIJ

Description

An Ugbom headdress depicting a seated female figure. The figure is carved of wood and sitting on a wooden stool. The face of the figure is angular and consists of a small protuberance at the top of the head, a rounded head but with sharp angles. The figure has a high forehead with keloid markings in the centre and at the sides of the temples; slit eyes, nose and rounded, protruding mouth. The upper torso consists of a thick neck, pointed breasts, arms at either side of the torso; the lower half of the seated figure shows knees bent and stylised markings at the feet. A basket work frame surrounds the cylindrical base. [Description from record P.72103.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/.