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Igbo names and spellings for various settlements
Abakaliki is Abankaleke; Afikpo is Ehugbo; Awgu is Ogu; Awka is Oka; Bonny is Ubani; Enugu is Enugwu; Ibusa is Igbuzö; Igrita is Igwuruta; Oguta is Ugwuta; Onitsha is Onicha; Owerri is Owere; Oyigbo is Obigbo... any more will be added.
Showing posts with label Sculptures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sculptures. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Mbari

Location: ?Unknown?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unknown?, Before 1904 | Credit: A. A. Whitehouse
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Wooden door





Location: Ihale (Ihiala?) | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Entrance of a building



Location: Ihale (Ihiala?) | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Ala



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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boy standing beside two life-sized wooden Igbo figures. Figures represent a man and a woman.


Location: Ihale [Ihiala?], Alaigbo | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Standing and seated Mbari



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: February 28, 1946 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick
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Mbari interior





Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927—1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick
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Mbari house



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927—1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick
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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
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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
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Chi Shrine



INTERIOR OF CHI SHRINE


— P. Amaury Talbot

Location: Nkarahia, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: P. Amaury Talbot
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Town Deities [Alusi], Adonta, Near Ogwashi [Ukwu]



Location: Adonta, Aniocha, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Basden
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