HAIRDRESSING IS A STRONG FEATURE. YOUTHS PLAIT IT TO ENHANCE THEIR ATHLETIC APPEARANCE.
Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Basden
The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of Ìgbò through images.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Northern Types of Hairdressing
Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Basden
Friday, November 26, 2010
Young man of Igbuzor
Location: Igbuzo, Aniocha, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Probable Igbo Woman
It is unknown whether she is definitely Igbo, but her headdress looks so. She was noted as Nigerian.
Magnificent Headdress of Awka Woman [Igbo]
Caption:
Her scanty toilet has been completed, apparently to her entire satisfaction, and the gladiatorial headdress represents the dernier cri of in the fashion world of Awka. The crest of wood, ornamented with large pearl buttons, is tightly secured on the top of her head.
— Thomas Whitridge Northcote
Location: Oka, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas
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