Photos

Bronze Armlet with Paired Figures Holding Ozo Title Staffs (Ngwu Agiliga)

Origin: Igbo, Nigeria Date: 19th–early 20th century Material: Bronze Location: Minneapolis Institute of Art This intricately cast bronze armlet from Igboland features two stylised human figures in high relief, facing outward and each grasping a vertical staff, likely the Ngwu Agiliga, the symbolic sceptre associated with holders of the Ozo title. These staffs are…

Textile Patterns From Ndoki Igbo Women

Entrance to an Igbo Compound (ǹgwùlù), Onitsha, 1903–1918 – Herbert Wimberley

Ekpe Meeting House in Umuajatta Village, Olokoro – Annang Art and Ngwomo Influence

Mgbokwo of Öka (Awka), 1910-1911 – Colourised by Ụ́kpụ́rụ́, 2018

Entrance Portico of Chief Ogbua’s House, Onitsha, 1950s – Zbigniew Dmochowski

Young Igbo Woman with Ùlì Body Art, 1944 – Sylvia Leigh-Ross Photography

Ekumeku Movement Dagger, 1910 – Resistance to British Rule

Traditional Igbo Room with Animal Relief Patterns, 1930s

King Oputa of Ogbekin – Historical Illustration from Niger et Bénoué (1880)

The Maw-Afia: Spirit of the Deceased in Onitsha and Riverside Towns

Barbershop Kiosk in Onitsha, Nigeria (Captured by Eliot Elisofon, 1959)

Akpelle Calabash Trumpets from Asaba, Nigeria (Described by G.T. Basden, 1921)

Brass Ofo Ritual Object with Anthropomorphic Details (Western Igbo, 20th Century)

Igbo Bronze Anklet: Cultural Artifact from the British Museum

Igbo Spiral Anklet: Brass Craftsmanship (Circa 1880)

Igbo Brass Penannular Circlet with Engraved Motifs (1800-1900s)

Ivory Anklets Worn By Wealthy Igbo Women Between 1880–1910

Carved Horn Made by the Igbo People in Dated circa 1850–1927

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Photo of Daughter of Aboh Chief With Calabash, 1865-1880

Brass Anklets Made By Igbo People in the 19th Century

Igbo-made Brass Ring, 1800-1900

Beyoncé’s Homage to Ala, the Igbo Earth Mother

In Beyoncé’s 2013 African-themed music video for “Grown Woman,” she expresses the role of an African Earth Mother. This depiction is a clear reference to archival images of Ala, the Igbo Earth Mother, as represented in Mbari votive shrines. The Mbari shrines, documented by William Fagg in 1946, celebrate Ala’s role as the goddess of…

Northcote Thomas’s photographs depict a man named Iyiazi with ichi scarification marks. They were taken in Nri in 1911.

A child and a crocodile photographed by Northcote Thomas in Enugwu Ukwu, 1910-11. MAA Cambridge.