Original

Reformed spellings for Igbo Settlements
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; Ogwashi-Uku is Ogwa Nshi Ukwu... any more will be added.

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

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

Igbo Terracotta Statue



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

Chi Shrine



INTERIOR OF CHI SHRINE


— P. Amaury Talbot

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

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

Monday, September 19, 2011

Ozẹle



YOUNG MAN OF ASABA WITH OZẸLE HAIR.


— Thomas

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