Wooden shelf and door panels crafted by the Igbo people, featuring natural pigments. Originating from the Northcentral Igbo region (Awka-Isu-Nri), the pieces measure between 21.5 cm and 23.1 cm. Currently held in a private collection.
#doors #igbomade #igboarts #awka #isu #nri #anambra #imostate
Double-bowled pipe, made of terracotta and measuring 18.5cm. Housed in Vancouver Museum, B.C., Canada. Collected in Afikpo by Capt. Dyer in 1902. #afikpo #bowl #igbomade #ebonyistate
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
An intricately crafted Igbo pottery jar from 1924, housed in the British Museum. In Igboland, pottery is traditionally made by women. #pottery #pot #igbomade #craft #jar
Two basketry fan made by the Igbo, circa 1930.
Taken by Thomas Elton Miller in the Bende district of Owerri Province, Nigeria. Currently housed at the British museum. #fan #igbomade #bende #owerri
A hemispherical coiled basket made of grass bound with strips of palm midrib, crafted by the Igbo people. It was donated to Rev. J. H. Slater, a medical missionary in south-east Nigeria, around 1919–1924. Now housed in the British museum.
#basket #igbomade
An Oto used for securing valuable belongings, crafted by the Igbo people. This coiled basket, designed as a flask-shaped vessel, was taken by M. D. W. Jeffreys, a district officer in colonial Nigeria, around 1915–1919. Now housed in the British museum. #basket #igbomade #oto
A coil-sewn basket made of raffia and cane with a lid in natural green and brown tones, made by the Igbo people around 1905–1914.
It is recorded as having been taken by Cyril Cameron Pyke, an official from colonial Nigeria. Now housed in the British Museum. #igbomade #basket
A basket made of bamboo with a wooden base, crafted by the Igbo people and taken by the United Africa Company in the 1900s. It is now housed in the British Museum.
#basket #bamboo #igbomade
A basket made from the midribs of the leaflets of the Bamboo Palm (Raphia vinifera), originating from Oguta, present-day Imo state, Nigeria. Taken by Sir J. Smallman Smith, KCMG, in 1896, it is housed in the British Museum. #basket #oguta #igbomade #imostate
A composite double-bladed axe, consisting of a forked stick with light metal, wedge-shaped blades fitted into each branch of the fork. Made by the Igbo people, it was taken by M. D. W. Jeffreys, a district officer in colonial Nigeria, around 1915–1919. #axe #igbomade #metalwork
