IDNO

P.170960.GIJ

Description

Two seated figures in a side gallery of an Mbari house. The figure to the left of the image is male. He has his hands resting on each thigh. A bandolier and a gauntlet are indicated by a painted strip with white disks (buttons?). A long neck cord has been moulded onto the front of his tunic with a knot tied at the collar. He is holding a thin staff with a forked end in his left hand. The figure to the right of the image is female. She is wearing a white wrapper. She holds a thin white staff with a point, between her two hands which are placed together in her lap. She has a conical Warrant Chief's hat and earrings. A standing figure is to the right, a soldier in uniform. [PB 10/05/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Owerri North; Imo; 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.170957.GIJ - P.170962.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]