IDNO

P.170742.GIJ

Description

A close up of the head of a clay sculpture in an unfinished Mbari house. The sculpture is of a female deity, Ala, with a three-horned coiffure, closed eyes and mouth and a broad nose. [PB 12/03/2024]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]

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.

Publication: Image published in Jones, G.I., 1984. The Art of Eastern Nigeria, (Cambridge: CUP), fig. 18. p. 85, and captioned "Mbari deity: drying out before being painted." [PB 15/03/2024]

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]