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.
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An elder from Ila (Illah), present-day Delta State, holding an abani or eben sword. Photographed by Northcote Thomas, circa 1912. MAA Cambridge.
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“Igbo woman from Illah. Southern Nigeria.” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [Postcard]
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