IDNO

P.170736.GIJ

Description

A close up of the head of a clay sculpture in an unfinished Mbari house. The figure is of a woman with an elaborate coiffure, a neckband with bead, with almond-shaped eyes highlighted in white paint. In the background is a pillar with a bas relief figure of a woman standing with hand on waist and elbows out. [PB 12/03/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Owerri West; Ngor; Umundoche town

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Orsu

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

1936

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.170715.GIJ - P.170801.GIJ were located in an Ilford paper box, now numbered C762/.

P.170734.GIJ - N.170746.GIJ were located in a paper folder, now numbered C762/2, and are a sequence of images of the same Mbari house.

Bibliographical Reference: G.I. Jones describes Mbari sculptures on pp. 82-92 and Mbari house architecture on p. 104 in Jones G.I., 1984. The Art of Eastern Nigeria. (Cambridge: CUP). [PB 05/03/2024]