IDNO

P.171059.GIJ

Description

A tableau of clay sculptures in an Mbari house, representing a three girls with fans, a xylophone player, a cow and a horse. The three girls are standing in line in side profile on the low perimeter wall. Their mirrors are decorated with polkadot design, their torsos and necks with uli marks. The girl in front has a striped belt. The other figures stand within the gallery in shadow. [Description from record P.762060.GIJ, PB 24/05/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Imo state; Owerri; Umuhu Ngor

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.