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A brass bracelet from Afikpo featuring parallel leaf motifs, collected between 1902 and 1909 by Captain James Harold Dyer during the colonial conquest of Arochukwu and the region now known as southeastern Nigeria. Museum of Vancouver, Canada.
#brass #bracelet #afikpo #arochukwu
Ùrì (ùlì) motifs drawn by Igbo women from Arochukwu using the juice of the ùrì tree on paper, a practice traditionally done on the body. 1932.
Source: Pitt Rivers Museum. #uri #igbo #arochukwu
A building in Arochukwu photographed by Northcote Thomas, c. 1912-13. MAA Cambridge.
The focus in the photograph seems to be on the relief (?) patterns. This photo was taken around a decade after the British were supposed to have burnt down Arochukwu.
#arochukwu #abia #aro #igbo #architecture
The photograph captures the burning of Arochukwu, showing a settlement engulfed in flames. A cloud of smoke rises from circular, thatched-roof buildings, set against a forested backdrop.
Photo by Donald A. MacAlister.
#arochukwu
Sentry among the ruins of Arochukwu. A photograph taken in Southern Nigeria during the Aro Punitive Expedition of 1901. It depicts an adult male soldier in military uniform standing before a ruined building, with trees visible in the background.
Photo by Donald A. MacAlister.
#arochukwu
A photograph of Arochukwu taken in 1901 by Donald A. MacAlister. It captures two canoes being paddled by large groups of adult men. #arochukwu #canoepeddling
A photograph of Arochukwu taken in 1901 by Donald A. MacAlister. It depicts a compound with mud houses featuring palm-frond thatched roofs. In the scene, a barefooted man dressed in a wrapper, shirt, and hat stands, while piles of firewood are visible in the foreground.
#arochukwu
Calabash ladle painted red & black on a white base, featuring floral designs, bronze studs in some areas, & grass tufts at the suspension loop.
It was reportedly taken by D. A. MacAlister in 1902 during the Arochukwu Expedition (under Sir Ralph Moor) at Ibom.
#calabash #arochukwu
Composite drum featuring a grooved patterned base and a cane-lashed membrane.
Made by the Aro Igbo before 1900 in Arochukwu and donated to the British Museum by D. A. MacAlister, who collected it during the Aro Expedition of 1900–1901. #aro #arochukwu
