Nigeria, Eastern / 1988
The Niger-Cross River hinterlands and their masks
The Niger-Cross River hinterlands and their masks
The Smithsonian catalogs The Niger-Cross River hinterlands and their masks as articles in its Masks, Igbo records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
In the late 1930s G. I. Jones and Kenneth C. Murray collaborated in collecting artifacts in Eastern Nigeria. Jones summarizes their findings, outlining the major types of masks and the style distribution. Their classification includes four clear-cut areas: the Anang (Ibibio) style; the Delta (Ijo) style; the Cross River (Ekoi) style; the lower Niger (Igbo) style. But they were then left with what