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
Sword and sheath
Collected by Col. Guy Lee, DSO, MC, DL in 1910, who was at OGWASHI-OKU, between Onitsha & Benin & east of the Niger, on military expeditions [Ekumeku Movement]. Iron, 61 centimetres
Location: Ogwa Nshi Ukwu, Aniocha, Alaigbo | Date: 1910 (collection dqatE) | Credit:British Museum
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
Okorosia Mbari
DETAIL OF THE HEAD OF A "FORBIDDEN OKOROSIA MASKER IN THE CLOIS- TER OF THE MBARI TO ALA AT UMUOFEKE AGWA. MASQUERADES ARE PERFORMED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FRINGE OF THE MBARI REGION, WHERE THIS STRUCTURE IS FOUND. ARTIST: OFFURUM.
Location: Umuofeke Agwa, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: Herbert M. Cole
Mbari Cultural Art Centre
CHUKUEGGU'S "MBARI CULTURAL ART CENTRE" AT HIS HOME IN MBAISE, NORTH OF THE REGION OF TRADITIONAL CLAY MBARI HOUSES. NOTE THE VERBAL AND VISUAL EMPHASIS ON INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
Location: Amaigbo, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: Herbert M. Cole
Monday, September 19, 2011
Mbari plan
PLAN SHOWING THE PLACEMENT OF FIGURES AND VARIOUS KINDS OF ARCHITECTURAL SET-BACKS EMPLOYED TO INCREASE THE ILLUSION OF SIZE. THE MBARI, WITH THIRTY-FOUR FIGURES INCLUDING THE HEAD SPEERING THROUGH WINDOWS (RIGHT SIDE NEAREST CENTER), IS OF AVERAGE SIZE. THE MBARI TO OBIALA AT NDIAMA OBUBE. ARTIST: NNAJI.
— Herbert M. Cole
Location: Obiala, Alaigbo | Date: 1969 | Credit: Nnaji, Cole
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