IDNO

T.171692.GIJ

Description

A portrait of a chief with his wife and attendants in front of a building with an open veranda under a corrugated roof. The chief is sitting on a throne draped with leopard skin. He wears a tall conical red hat with feathers to the front. He has a stripe of white chalk (nzu) across his eyes. He is wearing a burgundy coloured robe, embroidered in geometric designs with golden thread. He is holding a carved elephant tusk which rests on the ground in front of him. To his right sits his wife, who has a patterned head scarf, a white sleeveless blouse and a patterned waist cloth. She has a gold necklet, bracelet and rings. On either side stands an attendant wearing a patterns waist cloth and holding a ceremonial cutlass in his right hand. [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/.