IDNO

P.170711.GIJ

Description

An Mbari house, with a pitched thatched roof supported by mud pillars on a raised floor. The Mbari house was built by the people of a village in honour of their tutelary deity. [PB 01/03/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Imo State; Oratta; Umowa

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Oratta Ibo

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

1936

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Photomechanical Book Illustration

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.170705.GIJ - P.170714.GIJ were grouped together with a rubber band, an assemblage now numbered C761/.

Publication: Image published in Jones, G.I., 1989. Ibo Art. (Princes Risborough: Shire), Fig. 17, p.23 and captioned "Mbari house. Umowa town. Oratta Ibo. just completed. 1933."

Publication: Image published in Jones, G.I., 1937. Mbari Houses in The Nigerian Field Vol VI No 2, pp.77-79, Plate A, and captioned "Umowa Mbari house." [PB 01/03/2024]