IDNO

P.170751.GIJ

Description

An old Mbari house set among trees and lush vegetation. Sculptures of two policemen, of the spirits Amadohia and Ala, and two attendants can be seen in the shadowy interior of the house. Two sculptures of attendants are in the rafters. [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/.

N.170747.GIJ - P.170754.GIJ were located in a paper folder, now numbered C762/3, 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]