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Isele Asaba

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CHIEF OF ISẸLE ASABA.

Location: Isele Asaba, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Orhẹne Onirhe

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ORHẸNE (PRIEST) OF ONIRHE AT ASABA.

Location: Onirhhe, Ahaba, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Ichie Onyeso

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CHIEF ONYESO WITH ỌFỌ, ỌTỌN, AND BAG.

Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Yam barn

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Wooden door

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Location: Ihale (Ihiala?) | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Entrance of a building

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Location: Ihale (Ihiala?) | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Market

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Ala

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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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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

Ichi markings

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Sword and sheath

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Collected by Col. Guy Lee, DSO, MC, DL in 1910, who was at OGWASHI-OKU, between Onitsha & Benin & east of the Niger, on military expeditions [Ekumeku Movement]. Iron, 61 centimetres

Location: Ogwa Nshi Ukwu, Aniocha, Alaigbo | Date: 1910 (collection dqatE) | Credit:British Museum

Male hairstyle

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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

Mature woman

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Location: Okigwe, Alaigbo | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Young man

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Girl with beads

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Igbo girl wearing neck-beads

Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Ichi scarification

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Igbo man with ichi markings on his face. Hair plaited.

Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Arrow

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Location: Studio | Date: 1926 | Credit: British Museum Department of Ethnography

Elaborate masquerade

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Ala, goddess of the earth

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Man and dog infront of Mbari

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Mbari house

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Mbari

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

interior of building

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

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Dramatically lit study of Ibo masquerade costume.

Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Crown Film

Standing and seated Mbari

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

Mmanwu

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Imo River

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

Agbogho Mmanwu

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1946 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Mbari shrine house

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1946 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Burial platform

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

Mbari interior

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

Mbari house

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

Mask

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Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1946 | Credit: William Buller Fagg

Mud-modellings

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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

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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

Igbo Terracotta Statue

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Location: Studio | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: The Barakat Gallery

Chi Shrine

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INTERIOR OF CHI SHRINE

— P. Amaury Talbot

Location: Nkarahia, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: P. Amaury Talbot

Okorosia Mbari

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DETAIL OF THE HEAD OF A "FORBIDDEN OKOROSIA MASKER IN THE CLOIS- TER OF THE MBARI TO ALA AT UMUOFEKE AGWA. MASQUERADES ARE PERFORMED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FRINGE OF THE MBARI REGION, WHERE THIS STRUCTURE IS FOUND. ARTIST: OFFURUM.

Location: Umuofeke Agwa, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: Herbert M. Cole

Mbari Cultural Art Centre

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CHUKUEGGU'S "MBARI CULTURAL ART CENTRE" AT HIS HOME IN MBAISE, NORTH OF THE REGION OF TRADITIONAL CLAY MBARI HOUSES. NOTE THE VERBAL AND VISUAL EMPHASIS ON INDIGENOUS CULTURE.

Location: Amaigbo, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: Herbert M. Cole

Ala

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ALA IN A CLAY-ANT HILL MLBARI DEDICATED TO HER IN AMIGBO NGURU. ARTIST NNAJI, CA 1963. PHOTO 1966.

— Cole.

Location: Amaigbo, Alaigbo | Date: 1966 | Credit: Herbert M. Cole

Ozẹle

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YOUNG MAN OF ASABA WITH OZẸLE HAIR.

— Thomas

Location: Ahaba, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Mbari plan

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PLAN SHOWING THE PLACEMENT OF FIGURES AND VARIOUS KINDS OF ARCHITECTURAL SET-BACKS EMPLOYED TO INCREASE THE ILLUSION OF SIZE. THE MBARI, WITH THIRTY-FOUR FIGURES INCLUDING THE HEAD SPEERING THROUGH WINDOWS (RIGHT SIDE NEAREST CENTER), IS OF AVERAGE SIZE. THE MBARI TO OBIALA AT NDIAMA OBUBE. ARTIST: NNAJI.

— Herbert M. Cole

Location: Obiala, Alaigbo | Date: 1969 | Credit: Nnaji, Cole

Carved door

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THE CARVED DOOR AND MODELED AND POLISHED WALLS OF EKE'S COMPOUND IN UMUONA.

— Herbert M. Cole

Location: Umuona, Alaigbo | Date: 1969 | Credit: Cole

Mbari in a Museum

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Location: Museum of Traditional Nigerian Architecture, Jos Museum, Jos, Nigeria | Date: 1982 | Credit: Herbert M. Cole

Maiden-spirit masquerade

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Location: Oka, Alaigbo | Date: 1934? | Credit: G.I. Jones

Northern Types of Hairdressing

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HAIRDRESSING IS A STRONG FEATURE. YOUTHS PLAIT IT TO ENHANCE THEIR ATHLETIC APPEARANCE.

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

Nri door

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MAIN ENTRANCE OF NRI COMPOUND, JULY 1978. COMPLETE ENSEMBLES OF CARVED PANELS ARE EXTREMELY RARE TODAY

Location: Nri, Umueri, Alaigbo | Date: 1978 | Credit: Neaher

Ugep

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BODY MARKINGS SIMILAR TO ULI. UGEP SEPTEMBER 1973.

— Nancy C. Neaher

Location: Ugep | Date: 1973 | Credit: Nancy C. Neaher

New Cross River picture blog: http://mokoyono.blogspot.com/

Nsibidi

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"FESTIVAL OF IMAGES"

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A "FESTIVAL OF IMAGES" IN HONOR OF EKE AT ORERI INCLUDES ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY (SOME OUT OF THE PICTURE). WORSHIPPERS OFFER KOLA NUTS OR MONEY TO THE VARIOUS DEITIES.

— Cole

Location:Oraeri, Umueri, Alaigbo | Date: 1969 | Credit: Cole

Okpangu

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THE MYTHICAL APE-MAN OKPANGU. MBARI AT UMUOKEADA ISU OBIANGWU.

— Cole

Location:Umuokeada Isu Obiangwu | Date: 1969 | Credit: Cole

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PROUD MAMY WATA WITH HER LONG RINGED "RAINBOW" NECK, AN ATTRIBUTEOF BEAUTY AMONG OWERRI IBO. IT IS NOT INCONSISTENT FOR THIS TRADITIONAL GODDESS TO WEAR A CHRISTIAN CROSS. IN THE MBARI TO ALA AT EGBELU OBUBE. ARTIST: NNAJI.

— Cole

Location:Egbelu Obube | Date: 1969 | Credit: Cole

Hippopotamus

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A FANCIFUL HIPPOPOTAMUS GLORIFIED WITH ABSTRACT PATTERNS REMINISCENT OF DESIGNS PAINTED ON WOMEN'S BODIES. IN THE MBARI TO AFO AT UMUAHIAGU. ARTIST: AKAKPORO.

— Herbert M. Cole

Location:Umuahiagu | Date: 1969 | Credit: Herbert M. Cole

Burial dance at Ibwariam

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Location: Ibwariam, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.

Carved pole in ancestral shrine

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This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960.
Original title reads, "Carved poles at Kpogrikpo, inside the ancestral shrine of Sergeant Okpani's compound. Never obtained much information on it, regretfully. Such a pole was very unusual at Afikpo."

Location: Kpogrikpo, Afikpo, Alaigbo | Date: September 1959-December 1960 | Credit: Simon Ottenberg

Virginia Gazette (Purdie & Dixon), Williamsburg, September 3, 1772

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WILLIAMSBURG, September 3, 1772. COMMITTED to James City Prison, on Monday the 31st of last Month, a Negro Fellow who says he is the Property of Colonel Cary of Hampton, and that he belongs to a Quarter in Albemarle; his Name is JOE, is an Ibo Negro, about fifty Years of Age, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, with three Scars on the right Side of his Face, the middle One the largest, and has on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers, and Negro Cotton Waistcoat. JOHN CONNELLY.

— John Connelly

Location: Williamsburg, Virginia | Date: September 3, 1772 | Credit: John Connelly

Ancestor worship

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WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS NZE, ỌFỌ AND IKẸṄGA (ONI[CH]A OLONA).

— Thomas

Location: Onicha Olona, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.

Man of Awka

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MAN OF AWKA, ABOUT 40 YEARS OF AGE [more like 50].

— Thomas

Location: Oka, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.

Warriors

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A group of Ibo warriors in ancient battle dress

— Jeffreys

Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: M. D. W. Jeffreys

Ibo Warfare

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TWO IBO WARRIORS COMBINING ANCIENT AND MODERN WAR EQUIPMENT

— Jeffreys

Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: M. D. W. Jeffreys

Agbogho Mmuo

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From: http://www.chiwrite.com/

Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: ?Unsure?

Asaba, late 19th century

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Location: Ahaba, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: ?Unsure?

Isi Kpọlọkpọlọ

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Young man (Asaba) with isi kpolokpolo

— Thomas

Location: Ahaba, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.

Woman and child of [Agukwu]

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Location: Agukwu Nri, Nri, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.

Playing Okwe

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

Onicha bronze bell

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A Bronze Bell from Onitsha Province, Nigeria.

SIR,—The bronze bell was seen and photographed by Mr. K. C. Murray in the Nsukka (Ibo) division of the Onitsha Province, Nigeria. According to information given to Mr. Murray by local blacksmiths, such bells are still being made. The general character of the workmanship appears to me to resemble that of the bronzes recently discovered at Igbo [Ukwu] in the Awka division of the Onitsha Province, and published in MAN, 1940, 1. G. I. JONES.

— Jones

Location: Onicha, Alaigbo | Date: 1940 | Credit: K. C. Murray

Igwe Ahaba and his attendant

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Grades of chiefs.—The first and highest grade is that of Igwi [Igwe]. The distinguishing mark is a circle of broom (termed Aziza, from the palm tree), knotted before and behind, with upturned ends a couple of inches or so in length.

This circle is usually worn round a red cloth cap, rather like a flattened fez, but is occasionally worn round a brown one, and, when work has to be done, even on the uncovered head. In addition, the Igwi carries a circular fan made of untanned cow-hide, usually ornamented with red cloth strips or some similar decoration,and a short thin handle. This is the Azuzu. Finally, a short-handled many-thonged fly-flick is common, and is carried in the hand or over the shoulder. This is the Ijappa. Ivories round ankles or wrists are very usual and are termed respectively ordu uku (ivory [for] foot) and orku uku (ivory [for] hand).

Thumb rings are known as umbáká orpupu (literally ring bone).

A horn, which, when properly blown, produces a long discordant note, is called Oturu aka, and is often carried by an Igwi. The origin of the name Oturu aka is doubtful; the instrument, in the form of a slightly bent cone, is made from the canine of a hippopotamus, the horn of a cow, etc.; it is blown through a small rectangular slit half way down the length, and is open only at one end.

Location: Ahaba, Alaigbo | Date: 1906 | Credit: L. H. L. Huddart

Scabbard and other Igbo Ukwu items

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From top left to bottom right: Okpogho (Manilla), crescent-shaped bowl, scabbard. 9th century, Igbo Ukwu (Ora-eri)

Location: Studio | Date: 1940 | Credit: J. O. Field

War helmets

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War helmets to protect the head against blows,Ibo

— M. D. W. Jeffreys

Location: Studio | Date: ?Unknown? | Credit: M. D. W. Jeffreys

Onicha Mourning

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The prominent Elder, Omenyi, dances in the chamber with some other Otu Odu women, holding her Peace Fan in her right hand. The black Horsetail Switch (normally carried in the mourner's left hand) is draped over her shoulder as she dances.

From: http://amightytree.org/

Location: Onicha, Onicha Ado, Alaigbo | Date: 1961 | Credit:amightytree.org/

Mbari House

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The author with the priest-in-charge of the Mbari house at Ulakwọ, January, 1935. The priest, as will be noticed, is a dwarf.

Location: Ulakwọ, Alaigbo | Date: January, 1935 | Credit: Basden

Ibini Ukpabi

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The approach to the Long Ju-Ju is through dense bush, which gradually becomes thicker and thicker until one arrives at the entrance of a deep oval-shaped pit, seventy feet deep, sixty yards long, and fifty yards wide. One then climbs down the precipitous sides of the rock into a narrow gorge and into running water, up which one wades, passing under two fences, until one finally comes to a place where the water comes out of the solid rock in two big streams, which unite below a small island, on which are two altars, one made of many trade guns, stuck muzzle downwards into the ground and topped with skulls, the other being of wood and supporting more skulls, bones, feathers, blood, eggs, and other votive offerings to the Ju-Ju, including the head of the last victim. Over the rock, where is the source of the water, is a roof of human skulls with a curtain, the top part of which is composed of clothes and the lower part of native matting, screening the rock and hanging just short of the water's edge. The lower portions of the rock composing the other side of this crater are draped with mats only. On the left of the entrance, centrally situated, and opposite the island, has been hewn out of the rock a flat-topped ledge for sacrificial purposes. The water, about twelve inches deep, is full of tame grey-coloured fish, about two feet in length, with long suckers and glaring yellow eyes, which have a most bizarre appearance as they glide noiselessly through the clear water in the dim light of this charnel-house of fetish lore, which is roofed with densely intertwined creepers. These fish are regarded as sacred. On the left of the exit lies another pile of human skulls and other relics of Ju-Ju rites, and on the left the last sacrifice--a white goat, trussed up in the branches of a palm tree and starving to death. The conducting of a visitor to the Ju-Ju is usually a somewhat lengthy process, and when he arrives in its proximity he is led by a circuitous route and finally marched in backwards. It would seem to be a fair estimate to put the number of pilgrims down at about five hundred annually, all of whom pay dearly for the advice or decree which is vouchsafed to them. Probably the number of human sacrifices does not reach a total of fifty per annum, while about 200 people are sold into slavery, and the remainder are allowed to go away free.

— Reuter, Daily Graphic

Location: Ibini Ukpabi, Arochukwu, Aro, Alaigbo | Date: 1902 | Credit: Reuter from a member of the Aro Field Force

Okpu Ngwo

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Afikpo man wearing okpu ngwo raffia hat, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria

Location: Mgbom, Afikpo, Alaigbo | Date: 1959-1960 | Credit: Simon Ottenberg

A Young Bride

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

Ritual Calabash

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Bronze, Brass/copper attachments, 9th century AD, Dia. 30.5 cm., National Museum, Lagos.

Location: Igbo Ukwu, Alaigbo | Date: 1950-1960 | Credit: Thurstan Shaw

Decoration of Ibo Houses

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Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1916 | Credit: P. Amaury Talbot

Decoration of Ibo Houses

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The mural decoration, as well as the mudding of the walls, is the work of women; while the men raise the framework, make the roof, and provide the doors. These latter are cut from out a section of tree trunk and are often elaborately carved. The Sobo [Urhobo/Isoko] of Osua-Konike, on the Niger, also affect carved doors, but these are usually made, not in one piece as among Ibo, but in three longitudinal planks, joined by bronze or iron clamps. About the middle of the central panel a handle protrudes, not fastened on as with Ibos, but cut from the solid.

— P. Amaury Talbot

Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1916 | Credit: P. Amaury Talbot

Young Ibo Women of Ibuza

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YOUNG IBO WOMEN OF IBUZA, ASABA DISTRICT, WITH CICATRIZED DESIGNS ON BODIES.

— Kitson

Location: Igbuzor, Aniocha, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson

Inyaba Valley

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INYABA VALLEY FROM UDI HIGHLANDS, LOOKING EASTWARD OVER GREAT VALLEY OF OLDER BENUE. BENIN SANDS ON COAL-BEARING CRETACEOUS STRATA.

— Albert Ernest Kitson

Location: Udi, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson

Nsibidi conjunctions 2

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Nsibidi symbols use less characters than the Latin alphabet for Igbo sentences. It is ideal for everyday use.

http://nsibiri.blogspot.com/

Ugo na cho mma

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Location: Studio | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: University of Florida

Surgical Knives

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Location: Studio | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1930 | Credit: Basden

Mbubu President

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This old woman was president of the union of professional "cutters" at Umunede. Her union badge and razors hang at her waist. She gave them to the author.

— Basden

Location: Umunede, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1930 | Credit: Basden

Ikperikpe Ogu

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Location: Ibeku?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: Corbis, G. I. Jones?

Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, December 24, 1772

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Chesterfield, December 15, 1772. Run away from the Subscriber, on Sunday the 22d of November, a new Negro Fellow of small Stature, and pitted with the Smallpox; he calls himself BONNA, and says he came from a Place of that Name in the Ibo Country, in Africa, where he served in the Capacity of a Canoe Man; his Clothing is a new Felt Hat, new Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, and new Shoes and Stockings; his Stockings were knit, and spotted black and white. Whoever secures him so that I get him shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS reward, besides what the Law allows.

— Richard Booker

Location: Williamsburg, Virginia | Date: December 24, 1772 | Credit: Richard Booker

Ibeku court

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Traditional heads of Ibeku meet with heads of the British administration in Nigeria for the acquisition of the land that would become Umuahia.

Location: Lagos Colony, Southern Nigeria | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: ?Unknown?, Corbis

Agbogho Mmuo

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Agbogho Mmuo are maiden spirit masks that represent the spirit of dead girls that have manifested in the dancer to come back to parade in their communities. The masks also symbolise the ideals of female beauty among many Nri-Awka Igbo communities. Their extremely white faces symbolise that they are spirits.

Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Mmanwu

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Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Another Nsibidi Sentence

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This was another sentence created with original compound words (or Njikọta Édé), this time just one; 'to eat' (2) which uses the existing Nsibidi for knife (to cut or kill) fire with sticks (or tripod) and a mouth from Nsibidi 'talk' (See the last Nsibidi sentence post) which is understood as 'gather (or kill) cook and put in mouth'.

It's interesting to note that the Nsibidi for plantain (3) was used to inform someone of an order for plantain. It was used on a 'shopping' list (more like farming list).

Note: Again this used Nsibidi from different geographical areas where Nsibidi varies.

For more, visit http://nsibiri.blogspot.com

Nsibidi sentence

2010-12-01T20:59:00.023Z

This is a simple and original Nsibidi 'sentence'.
http://nsibiri.blogspot.com Nsibidi is the indigenous writing system of the Igbo, Efik, Ibibio and other Oyono (Cross River) peoples that has been found out to be more than 1000 years old. The conjunction 'and' is made up of the Nsibidi for 'Speech' (two men talking) and the Nsibidi for 'unity', so it is understood as 'speech (word) unity'. 'Peace' is made out of the Nsibidi for 'knife' and the Nsibidi for 'fight'/'fighting' (two men fighting), so it is 'knife (knife is understood as kill) fighting'. Both are original compound words (Njikọta Édé). The two small circles are full stops.

These Nsibidi words are referenced from early 20th century sources on Nsibidi.

Note: These Nsibidi are from different geographical areas where Nsibidi varies.
Nsibidi Alphabet? No. But compound words are not new to the Nsibidi script, in fact they are key to writing basic Nsibidi.

For more, visit http://nsibiri.blogspot.com

Sacrifice to Agwu

2010-11-26T17:52:00.004Z

Agwu is the Alusi of Dibia ('medicine men').

Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Young man of Igbuzor

2010-11-26T17:37:00.002Z

Location: Igbuzor, Aniocha, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Tooth filing

2010-10-31T22:20:00.000Z

Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Young Man of Ubuluku

2010-10-21T17:36:00.004+01:00

Location: Ubuluku, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Original (correct) names/spellings for Igbo City's/Towns/Villages

2010-10-19T21:02:00.005+01:00

* Abakaliki is Abakaleke
* Afikpo is Ehugbo
* Asaba is Ahaba
* Awgu is Ogu
* Awka is Oka
* Bonny is Ubani
* Enugu is Enugwu
* Ibusa is Igbuzor
* Igrita is Igwuruta
* Oguta is Ugwuta
* Onitsha is Onicha
* Owerri is Owerre
* Oyigbo is Obigbo
* Port Harcourt is Diobu

....plus others....