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.

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade


Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade An Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade of a female character called Nwanyire dancing in front of a group of spectators. The masquerader is wearing a white female face mask with a superstructure of a carved head on top with a pipe in her mouth. The masquerader is draped in cloths and holding a white feather.
— G. I. Jones

Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1930s | Credit: Jones

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Ibum

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

Sunday, April 14, 2013

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

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Igbo woman


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

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

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

Monday, December 10, 2012

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
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...