IDNO

P.170713.GIJ

Description

The side gallery of an Mbari house. A mud sculpture of a district officer at his desk. On the wall behind a stylised painting of a man standing in side profile, holding a bullock by its horn. The man is smoking a pipe. A sword and a rectangle filled with chevrons complete the design. [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., 1937. Mbari Houses in The Nigerian Field Vol VI No 2, pp.77-79, Plate C, and captioned "Umowa Mbari house, A.D.C. trying a case."[PB 01/03/2024]

Bibliography Reference: G.I. Jones explains Mbari sculptures on pp 82-92 and Mbari house architecture on p 104 in Jones G.I. The Art of Eastern Nigeria. Cambridge: CUP. [PB 01/03/2024]