Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of the Ìgbò and their neighbours.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
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staff at Fort Salisbury, New Calabar. Men seated on ground are wearing robes and caps and holding drums. Ibo masquerade head-dress on ground in front of a drum.
Location: "Fort Salisbury, New Calabar", Degema | Date: 1890-1905 | 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