IDNO

P.171737.GIJ

Description

A close up of two seated figures in a side gallery of an Mbari house. The figure to the left of the image is male. He has his hands resting on each thigh. A bandolier and a gauntlet are indicated by a painted strip with white disks? or buttons?. A long neck cord has been moulded onto the front of his tunic with a knot tied at the collar. He is holding a thin staff with a forked end in his left hand. The figure to the right of the image is female. She is wearing a white wrapper. She holds a thin white staff with a point, between her two hands which are placed together in her lap. She has a a conical hat and earrings. [Description from record P.170732.GIJ, PB 14/11/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Imo State; Oratta; Umowa

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

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.171730.GIJ - P.171808.GIJ were located together in an 'University of Camridge' envelope, now numbered C841/.

Bibliographical Reference: G.I. Jones describes 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).

Bibliographical Reference: H.M. Cole describes Mbari houses and sculptures in Cole H.M., 1982. Mbari: Art and Life among the Owerri Igbo, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press).