The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of the Igbo and their neighbours.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Isele Asaba
CHIEF OF ISẸLE ASABA.
Location: Isele Asaba, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas
Orhẹne Onirhe
ORHẸNE (PRIEST) OF ONIRHE AT ASABA.
Location: Onirhhe, Ahaba, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas
Ichie Onyeso
CHIEF ONYESO WITH ỌFỌ, ỌTỌN, AND BAG.
Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Male hairstyle
young Igbo man with elaborate domed and plaited hair style, uli body painting on the forehead and cheeks.
Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
Girl with beads
Igbo girl wearing neck-beads
Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
Ichi scarification
Igbo man with ichi markings on his face. Hair plaited.
Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
Man and dog infront of Mbari
Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick
Standing and seated Mbari
Location: ?Unknown? | Date: February 28, 1946 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Mud-modellings
IBO MUD-MODELLINGS, N[N]EWI OTOLO, ONITSHA DISTRICT.
— Kitson
Location: Nnewi Otolo, Nnewi, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson
Painted figures
PAINTED WOODEN FIGURES OF ANIMALS, ETC., OF IBO CEREMONIAL DANCES, UMBAGBU OHA, WESTERN UDI HIGHLANDS; OIL-PALMS IN BACKGROUND.
— Kitson
Location: Umbagbu Oha, Udi, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson
Chi Shrine
INTERIOR OF CHI SHRINE
— P. Amaury Talbot
Location: Nkarahia, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: P. Amaury Talbot
Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Northern Types of Hairdressing
HAIRDRESSING IS A STRONG FEATURE. YOUTHS PLAIT IT TO ENHANCE THEIR ATHLETIC APPEARANCE.
Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Basden
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Burial dance at Ibwariam
Location: Ibwariam, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.
Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon), Williamsburg, September 3, 1772
WILLIAMSBURG, September 3, 1772. COMMITTED to James City Prison, on Monday the 31st of last Month, a Negro Fellow who says he is the Property of Colonel Cary of Hampton, and that he belongs to a Quarter in Albemarle; his Name is JOE, is an Ibo Negro, about fifty Years of Age, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, with three Scars on the right Side of his Face, the middle One the largest, and has on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers, and Negro Cotton Waistcoat. JOHN CONNELLY.
— John Connelly
Location: Williamsburg, Virginia | Date: September 3, 1772 | Credit: John Connelly
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Ancestor worship
WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS NZE, ỌFỌ AND IKẸṄGA (ONI[CH]A OLONA).
— Thomas
Location: Onicha Olona, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.
Man of Awka
MAN OF AWKA, ABOUT 40 YEARS OF AGE [more like 50].
— Thomas
Location: Oka, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.
Ibo Warfare
TWO IBO WARRIORS COMBINING ANCIENT AND MODERN WAR EQUIPMENT
— Jeffreys
Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: M. D. W. Jeffreys
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