IDNO

P.171788.GIJ

Description

A portrait of a band of five musicians sitting on the perimeter wall of an unfinished Mbari house. From left to right: a young man with a large gourd-shaped drum with a narrow opening; a man holding a shaking stick with a thin handle leading to a fan; a boy holding a small drum between his knees and a beater in his right hand; a man tapping his hands on a drum held between his knees; another man tapping his hands on a drum held between his knees. [Description from record P.171068.GIJ, PB 14/11/2024]

Place

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

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).