IDNO

P.170974.GIJ

Description

An internal doorway in an Mbari house. The side walls and arch above are painted in geometric patterns with sculptures of women in the centre and corners of the arch, flanked by circular sun and moon motifs. In the windows above the balcony are clay heads of the District Officer and Assistant District Officer. [Description from record P.761010.GIJ, PB 16/05/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Owerri North; Imo; Ulakwo town

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/.

Image is Plate D in Jones, G.I. (1937) Mbari Houses. pp77-79 in The Nigerian Field Vol VI No 2. Description: 'Umowa Mbari house. One side of the inner house with three girls sitting on the balcony and D.C. Duncan (with pencil) and another A.D.C. at the windows. A "rainbow snake," a full and a quarter moon, an umbrella and a cotton print and various animals and other objects are painted on the walls.'

Context: G.I. Jones explains Mbari sculptures on pp 82-92 and Mbari house architecture on p 104 in Jones G.I. The Art of Eastern Nigeria

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] . Cambridge: CUP.