The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of the Igbo and their neighbours.
An Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade of a female character called Nwanyire dancing in front of a group of spectators. The masquerader is wearing a white female face mask with a superstructure of a carved head on top with a pipe in her mouth. The masquerader is draped in cloths and holding a white feather.— G. I. Jones Location: ?Unknown?, Alaigbo | Date: 1930s | Credit: G. I. Jones
Close up photograph of wall painting in Okwu village painted by an Anang artist in the style of Ngwomo ghost houses. The wall painting depicts a large horse on the left, a cat and a figure on the right. A geometric border is at the bottom of the painting.— G. I. Jones Location: Okwu, Alaigbo | Date: 1930s | Credit: G. I. Jones
Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade An Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade of a female character called Nwanyire dancing in front of a group of spectators. The masquerader is wearing a white female face mask with a superstructure of a carved head on top with a pipe in her mouth. The masquerader is draped in cloths and holding a white feather.— G. I. Jones Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1930s | Credit: Jones
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PREPARING "IDE" FOR MAKING STRING (OBULUKU)Location: Ubuluku, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas
WOMAN OF ISELE ASABA WITH ODO ABODA HAIR
