IDNO

P.171787.GIJ

Description

Three seated clay sculptures in an unfinished Mbari house. The figure on the left is of Amadioha, the spirit of the sky and thunder. He is wearing a sun helmet and a uniform, and holds an ivory tusk horn in his right hand, and a rifle in his left. A female figure holding a bottle and a cup sits to his left hand side. She has an elaborate coiffure. Behind her, at the right of the image is a figure of a man in uniform blowing an ivory horn. [Description from record P.170735.GIJ, PB 14/11/2024]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Southeast Nigeria; Owerri West; Ngor; Umundoche town

Cultural Affliation

Igbo [historically 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).