IDNO

P.170781.GIJ

Description

The side galleries of an Mbari house, containing various clay sculptures including a diviner (doctor) standing, and on either side a seated woman with raised arms. On the pillars of the house are sculptures of women. [PB 15/03/2024]

Place

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

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]