IDNO

P.170746.GIJ

Description

A close up of a corner pillar of an old Mbari house, set among lush vegetation. A clay sculpture of a female figure is standing with double curved hair horns, and elongated neck with a circle and ring pattern. Her elbows are sticking out sideway and her hands resting on her waist. Another sculpture is in the shadows to the right of the image. [PB 14/03/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Owerri West; Nekede town; Ihiagwa area; Irette village

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

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]