IDNO

P.170984.GIJ

Description

A tableau of seated clay sculptures in an alcove of an Mbari house, representing the contributor to the building of the Mbari, his wife and child. He wears a sun helmet, short-sleeved shirt, bow tie, shorts, long socks and shoes, and holds a cup in his right hand. She has an elaborate coiffure, uli marks on her neck and body, and has her child sitting on her left thigh. She holds a white staff (pestle?) in her right hand. The walls of the alcove are painted with geometric patterns. [Description from record P.762052.GIJ, PB 16/05/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Owerri North; Imo; Umundoche

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.170980.GIJ - P.1709785.GIJ are mounted together.

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.