IDNO

T.170142.GIJ

Description

A man sitting near the household and holding an Ugbom headdress. The Ugbom headdress depicts a seated female figure carrying a round platter with a head placed on top. The main figure is carved of wood and she is sitting on a wooden stool. The face of the figure is angular and consists of a rounded head but with sharp angles around the jaw line. The figure has a high forehead with keloid markings in the centre and at the sides of the temples; slit eyes, nose, and protruding mouth. The upper torso consists of large breasts, arms extended upward , rounded at the elbow and coiled rings around her wrists. She is holding a round tray with a carved head; the head consists of a rounded stylised face with slit eyes, keloid markings in the centre of the forehead and to the sides, mouth and thick neck. She is seated with rings around her ankles. A basketwork tubular frame is at the base of the sculpture.

The man is sitting and he wearing shorts. Next to him is a woven basket and in the background is a metal hoe, and mud and thatched budilings. [Description from record N.72138.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/.

Publication: Image published in Jones, G.I., 1989. Ibo Art. (Pinces Risborough: Shire), fig 9 p.17. [PB 27/07/23]