Okorosia Mbari

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

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

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

YOUNG MAN OF ASABA WITH OZẸLE HAIR.

— Thomas

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

Mbari plan

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

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

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

Maiden-spirit masquerade

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