Okumkpa masquerade performance, Amorie village, Afikpo Village-Group, Southeast Nigeria, 1950s.
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Okumkpa masquerade performance, Amuro village, Afikpo Village Group, Nigeria.

Photograph by Simon Ottenberg, early 1950s.
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Afikpo Igbo mma ji (‘yam knife’) masks, commonly used in okumkpa performances in Afikpo, Eastern Igboland. #mmaji #okumkpa #afikpo #igbo