IDNO

P.171747.GIJ

Description

A tableau of seated clay sculptures in an Mbari house, representing a pair of identical Mammywater figures. They are sitting on a low stool on the perimeter wall. They are painted with dresses and have coiled snakes on their arms and torsos. In the background, part of a leopard sculpture. The pillar and buttress are painted with geometric patterns. [Description from record P.170776.GIJ, PB 14/11/2024]

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

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).