IDNO

P.170794.GIJ

Description

An Mbari house, with a corrugated iron pitched roof. On the ridge at each gable end are sculptures of birds. The pillars of the house are painted with a variety of geometric patterns. The side galleries contain clay sculptures of people and animals. The house as a railed fence around it. [PB 15/03/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Owerri North; Owerri 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.170772.GIJ - P.170801.GIJ were located in a paper folder, now numbered C762/5.

Publication: Image published in Jones, G.I., 1984. The Art of Eastern Nigeria, (Cambridge: CUP), fig 28. p 103, and captioned "Mbari house. Owerri town. Oratta Ibo." [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]