IDNO

P.171341.GIJ

Description

The Ogbugulu Mau (Ghost) masquerade.
A masquerader, Nwaogho Ehi, (Heifer), is dancing. He is wearing a helmet mask (painted white and with v-shaped markings above and below the eyes)dressed in a brightly coloured harlequin-like/appliqué costume. He has a cloth cloak tied around the neck, over woven? or net? cloth which is attached to the mask, wrappers around the waist and ankle-rattles (made of seeds?). Mud and thatch houses and trees and vegetation in the background. [Description from record T.170109.GIJ, PB 02/08/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; South Eastern Nigeria; Ontisha Province; near Awka; Amuda village

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically Ibo]; Isuochi

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

1932 - 1938

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.171077.GIJ - P.171341.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C767/.

P.767265.GIJ is mounted on card.

Publication: Same image in Jones, 1984, p.61, Plate 11 with the caption, "Nwabogho Efi (Heifer): Ogubugulu Mau masquerader. Isuochi Ibo."