Ibum

People at Ibum, Arochukwu. 1903. Location: Ibum, Arochukwu | Date: 1903 | Credit: Charles Stanley Partridge

Igbo War Helmets

String Making

PREPARING "IDE" FOR MAKING STRING (OBULUKU)

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

WOMAN OF ISELE ASABA

WOMAN OF ISELE ASABA WITH ODO ABODA HAIR

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

Igbo woman

Location: ?Unknown? [possibly, Aro] | Date: Early 20th century | Credit: ?Unknown?

Large Mbari Building

The largest single mbari structure still standing in 1966-67, and perhaps one of the largest ever built. Note the size of the priest who is standing beside the seated deity. [Nigeria, unknown date; maybe early 20th century].

— Herbert M. Cole

Location: Urata, Alaigbo | Date: 1960s | Credit: Cole

Igbo Ohafia war dance iri agha

[Igbo] Ohafia war dance The [Igbo] Ohafia war dance iri agha. Adult male carrying a headhunters trophy (oyaya) on his head. The trophy is a rectangular shaped wooden frame decorated with feathers, leopard fur, cloths and animal fur at either end. He is wearing a striped shirt, and holding a ?metal rod in one hand. Behind him is a crowd of people and a Building with corrugated iron roof.

— Jones, G.I. 1932 - 1939
Location: Ohafia, Alaigbo | Date: 1930s | Credit: Jones

EKWE HEADDRESS FROM UGBENE

EKWE HEADDRESS FROM UGBENE, SAID BY ITS OWNERS TO HAVE BEEN CARVED BEFORE 1940 BY OGBUANYI OF LEJA (IT MAY HAVE BEEN CARVED MORE RECENTLY). IT COMPRISES SOME TWENTY-FIVE HUMAN FIGURES AND ANIMALS, SEPARATELY CARVED AND NAILED ON IN AN INTERESTING MIXTURE OF OLDER STYLES AND TYPES OF DRESS, COIFFURES, AND STATUS SYMBOLS WITH MORE MODERN ONES. PHOTO 1982.

— Herbert M. Cole
Location: Ugbene, Alaigbo | Date: 1982 | Credit: Cole