IDNO

N.170431.GIJ

Description

A group of eight musicians at the Ogbukere Play sitting in front of bushes and houses with one man standing looking at the group. The musicians are all men. They are playing a variety of instruments: in the foreground a man beating a semicircular wooden gong with two wooden hammers, a man playing a large wooden xylophone with five thick keys and a man holding a horn sideways, blowing into or cross it halfway along the horn. in the background there is a man beating a small drum with a wooden hammer in one hand and with his other hand. [PB 28/11/23]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Abua

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; South Ikwerri

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

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

N.170407.GIJ - N.170437.GIJ were located in a cream coloured envelope, now numbered C760/5.