An Igbo house, probably originating from the Uratta-Ikwerre-Etche area of southern Igbo land, constructed with painted wooden panels and mud walls. #igbohouse #mbari #uratta #ikwerre #etche #panels
An Ikwerri Ibo [Ikwerre-Igbo] Ceremonial Xylophone. Photo retrieved from Tribes of the Niger Delta, P. A. Talbot. circa 1912.
#ikwerre #igbo #xylophone #igbomade #igbocraft
Ikwerri-Ibo [Ikwerre-Igbo], Rumuji village. Owu masquerade. Mask called ‘Ajibodo’ 1931.
#ikwerre #igbo #rumuji #owu #owumasquerade #masquerade #ajibodo
Interior of a house with plates inset in the walls, southern Ikwerre, a tribe of Igbo ethnicity in present-day Rivers State, Nigeria.
Photo: G. I. Jones, 1930s. #ikwerre #igbo #house #riversstate
Ebule Uke (Water Ram, a mythical beast) masquerade performing in a Rumuji Owu play, 1930s. Ikwerre, a tribe of Igbo ethnicity.
Photo: G. I. Jones. #ebukeuke #rumuji #ikwerre #igbo
Women’s hairstyles from Igbo groups of Etche, Owerri, Ikwerre, Alenso (Egbema), Ogba and Ekpeye. Sketched by P. A. Talbot in or before the 1920s. The hairstyles are apparently linked to social status in relation to childbirth according to P. A. Talbot. #owerri #etche #ikwerre #hairstyles #nigerdelta