Transitional cement block Obi/Obu featuring a traditional 'eyes of spirits' panel, accompanied by the Okposi and staffs typically enshrined on the altar behind the panel. Ezeagulu Aguleri, 1987. Photograph by Herbert Cole.

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Ichie Nchekwube Azodo, the Isi-Ani and Chief Priest of the earth deity in Igboezunu Aguleri, holding the highest lineage Ofo in Aguleri (Ofo-Ana, the Ofo of the earth deity shrine of Aguleri). This represents a typical Ofo bundle type.

— Christopher I. Ejizu, 1987.
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Ogbuanyinya Onyekomeli Idigo of Eziagulu Aguleri (formerly Ogbuefi before the arrival of the Catholics), photo taken before his conversion. He was baptized on December 3, 1891.

He played a pioneering role in opening the Omambala(Anambra) Valley to Catholic missions. Photo: RAAI.
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The porter for the richly adorned Ikenga and the Ugonachomma-styled Ikenga, representing a seated titled elder, at the Ikenga festival in Ezi-Agulu, Aguleri, north-central Igbo region, October 1983.

Photos and information: Christopher I. Ejizu.
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Accessories of a young Igbo girl, a leg ornament usually made of brass that is wound round the leg and a bone hair ornament from Aguleri and surrounding areas, below a hair pin used to scratch the head from Onicha (Onitsha).

Ethnographic Museum, Sweden.
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