IDNO

P.170937.GIJ

Description

A clay sculpture of a seated Janus figure in a side gallery of an Mbari house. The figure is of a male. Both faces have a beard and a pipe. On the top of the head is a 'stool'. The figure is holding open hands upwards with palms facing outwards. The figure also has a face on its torso. The figure is seated on a a circular sitting block, next to one of the pillars of the house. [Description from record P.762009.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.170934.GIJ - P.171076.GIJ were located in a paper folder now numbered C766/3/.

P.170934.GIJ - P.170939.GIJ are mounted together.

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]