IDNO

N.170395.GIJ

Description

A documentary photograph of an Ekpo panel mask. The panel is rounded at the top with a flat bottom, the oval face is raised in the centre and is naturalistic and serene in form. The mask consists of a rounded border at the top of the head, high forehead, slit eyes with overhanging eyelids, squarish nose, and diamond shaped open mouth, elliptical shaped ears, and keloid markings on the side. [Description from record N.13175.GIJ, PB 24/11/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; near Ikot Ekpene

Cultural Affliation

Ibibio

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Glass Negative 1/8 plate

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.170298.GIJ - ??? were located as loose photos and envelopes in an folder box now numbered C760/.

N.7604001.GIJ - N.7604016.GIJ were located in a Kodak transparency box, now numbered C760/4.

Publication: This mask is featured in in Jones G.I., 1984. The Art of Eastern Nigeria. (Cambridge: CUP), Fi.g 40 p. 129, and captioned "Ekpo mask: naturalistic mode (N.M.). Anang (Ibibio)." [PB 24/11/2023]