IDNO

P.171749.GIJ

Description

A tableau of clay sculptures in an Mbari house, representing a three girls with fans, a xylophone player, a cow and a horse. The three girls are standing in line in side profile on the low perimeter wall. Their mirrors are decorated with polka-dot design, their torsos and necks with uli marks. The girl in front has a striped belt. The other figures stand within the gallery in shadow. [Description from record P.170774.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).