The portal of a titled Igbo man (Wealthy Baker) from Nnobi, present-day Anambra State. Photo taken in 1966 - Herbert Cole.
#Nnobi #Igboportal #Igbocompound #Igboart #arts

Interior of a compound in Afikpo Village-Group, now Ebonyi State. Photo by Simon Ottenberg, 1959-60. Smithsonian.
#afikpo #ebonyistate #igbo #igbocompound #igboarchitecture

Traditional Onicha Olona house in Enuani-Igbo, photographed by British colonial anthropologist Northcote Thomas, circa 1912.

MAA Cambridge.
#onichaolona #enuani #westernigbo #igbocompound #igboarchitecture #igboculture #africanheritage

Ohafia Obu house, the central structure of a family compound, serving as a hub of tradition and lineage. Photo by G. I. Jones, 1930s. #ohafia #obu #obi #igbocompound #igboarchitecture

Some Igbo compounds were historically paved with stones. These 1960s photos,taken during a survey of Igbo architecture by Zbigniew Dmochowski and his team, document examples in Ngwo and at the house of Alum Ogbodo in Umuatugbona, present-day Enugu State.
#igboarchitecture #igbocompound #ngwo #enugu