An Igbo man from Achala, p.d. Anambra State, photographed by British colonial government anthropologist Northcote Thomas, 1910-1911. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.
The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of Ìgbò through images.
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Saturday, November 10, 2018
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Discomfort of fashion
Caption:
The vocation of this woman of Achala, Ibo country, is dancing, but the regulation anklet plates on her legs confine her dance-steps to a few measured "pas" made slowly and with caution to right and left.
— Thomas Whitridge Northcote
Location: Achala, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas
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