IDNO

P.170926.GIJ

Description

A recently constructed Mbari house, showing one side with a veranda and the raffia roof, supported by mud buttresses and wooden poles. The corner pillars are decorated with geometric patterns, and on the veranda are several clay sculptures of seated figures, with a large sculpture of an animal (horse?) in the background. To the extreme right of the image a child is looking at the camera.[ Description from record P.762004.GIJ, PB 09/05/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Imo State; Oratta; Umowa

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 Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.170921.GIJ - P.171076.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C766/.

P.170921.GIJ - P.170931.GIJ were located in a 'Nigerian Field' journal cover, now numbered C766/1/.

Bibliographical Reference: G.I. Jones explains 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 09/05/2024]

Context: Detailed notes by G.I. Jones on this house, each figure and the house plan are in the paper folder C766/1. The numbers 1 - 33 on print reverse and mounts relate to these notes and the plan indicates the positions of the figures. [PB 09/05/2024]