A crafted ceramic palm wine or water bottle from Ishiagu, present-day Aniocha South, Delta State. Measuring 41.3 cm, the piece is housed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and was collected by M.D.W. Jeffreys. It was donated as gift of the Wellcome Trust.
#anioma #deltastate #igbo
Ifejioku (Yam Shrine) is a renowned historic Igbo terracotta figure, crafted in Kwale (present-day Delta State). Standing 47cm tall, it was collected in 1880 and is currently housed in the British Museum.
#ifejioku #igbo #yamshrine #njoku #kwale #anioma #deltastate
“Old Afia eke Ubulu at Ogbe-ani/Onicha Okpe junction.
Photo by Jacob Azubuike Ofunne (1973).”
#ubuluuku #ubuluukwu #anioma #igbo #deltastate
Omu of Ubulu-Ukwu, Princess Uwandi Catherine Iweanya who reigned from 1964-1986. Photo retrieved from The Story of Ubulu Kingdom—A Historical Documentary of the People of Ubulu by Esther Nwogwonuwe.
#ubulu #ubulukwu #anioma #omu #Igbo #igbowomen
Another rare view of a decorated wall at Ila [Illah], in the Western Igbo region, captured by British colonial anthropologist Northcote Thomas, October–November 1912.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), Cambridge.
#illah #anioma #igbo #igboarchitecture #westernigbo #africanarchitecture
An elder from Obomkpa, located in the Western Igbo region of present-day Delta State. Photographed by Northcote Thomas around 1912-1913, from the Royal Anthropological Institute collection.
#obomkpa #igbo #deltastate #anioma
An elder from Ila (Illah), present-day Delta State, holding an abani or eben sword. Photographed by Northcote Thomas, circa 1912. MAA Cambridge.
#illah #deltastate #igbo #anioma
“Igbo woman from Illah. Southern Nigeria.” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [Postcard]
#igbowoman #igbo #illah #anioma #nigeria
Wall paintings on a Western Igbo home depicting a leopard chasing a bushbuck.
Photo by Northcote Thomas. #paintings #igbo #anioma #leopard
