IDNO

P.170774.GIJ

Description

A tableau of clay sculptures in an Mbari house, representing a three girls with fans, a xylophone player, a cow and a horse. The three girls are standing in line in side profile on the low perimeter wall. Their mirrors are decorated with polka-dot design, their torsos and necks with uli marks. The girl in front has a striped belt. The other figures stand within the gallery in shadow. [PB 15/03/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Imo state; Owerri; Umuhu Ngor

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.170772.GIJ - P.170801.GIJ were located in a paper folder, now numbered C762/5, 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]