IDNO

P.171032.GIJ

Description

An Mbari house, with a corrugated iron pitched roof. On the ridge at each gable end are sculptures of birds. The pillars of the house are painted with a variety of geometric patterns. The side galleries contain clay sculptures of people and animals. The house as a railed fence around it. [Description from record P.762080.GIJ, PB 23/05/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Owerri North; Owerri 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.171004.GIJ - P.171063.GIJ were located in a 'Duplex' paper folder now numbered C766/4/.

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.

Image used in The Art of Eastern Nigeria, fig 28. 'Mbari house. Owerri town. Oratta Ibo' p 103. Cambridge: CUP. 1984