IDNO

T.170140.GIJ

Description

A documentation photograph of an Ugbom headdress in profile. The figure consists of two stylised birds placed on top of a carved head on a triangular base decorated with dots. Beneath is the face of the figure which is stylised and angular with a high protruding forehead, slit eyes, long nose, and exaggerated, protruding lips and chin, projecting well beyond the nose and upper part of the face, and keloid markings on the sides of the face. The neck is elongated. [Description from record P.72147.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/.