IDNO

T.171685.GIJ

Description

A painted gravestone. In the foreground a moulded coffin painted brown on a black plinth. The stone has a white painted background, with the portrait of a bearded man in the top centre and a figure of a saint walking with a staff and carrying an arch of gold. The text above the portrait reads: 'In memorial of Kwawami Nknoche' and the text below reads: 'who died 12th Mar 1952'. [PB 22/11/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Kalabari Kingdom; Buguma

Cultural Affliation

Ijo

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1960

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.171670.GIJ - T.171729.GIJ were located together in a brown envelope, now numbered C838/.