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THE ARTS OF AFRICA
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African Art (through ArtLex)
Introduction to African Art and Architecture (Professor Henry Drewal)
- Looking At and Seeing African Art
- African Artists and Aesthetics
- Saharan Rock Art
- Southern African Rock Art
- Nok Art
- Igbo-Ukwu
- Ife
- Benin
- Textiles and Personal Arts I
- Textiles and Personal Arts II
- Architecture
- ContemporaryArts
Africa 8000 B.C. - 1600 A.D. (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History)
- 8000 - 2000 B.C., with links to
  - Western North Africa
  - Egypt, with additional links to
    - An abridged list of rulers in ancient Egypt and Nubia
    - Old Kingdom (ca. 2649 - 2150 B.C.)
    - Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030 - 1640 B.C.)
  - Sudan
- 2000 - 1000 B.C., with links to
  - Egypt, with an additional link to
    - New Kingdom (ca. 1550 - 1070 B.C.)
  - Sudan
- 1000 B.C. - 1 A.D., with links to
  - Egypt, with additional links to
    - Late Period (ca. 712 - 332 B.C.)
  - Sudan
  - Inland Niger Delta
  - Nok Terracottas (500 B.C. - 200 A.D.)
  - Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.)
    - Pre-Pavement and Pavement Era
    - Terracottas
- 1 - 500 A.D., with links to
  - Egypt
  - Sudan
  - Western North Africa
  - Nok Terracottas (500 B.C. - 200 A.D.)
  - Aksum (1st - 7th century A.D.)
- 500 - 1000 A.D., with links to
- 1000 - 1400 A.D., with links to
  - Egypt
  - Western North Africa (The Maghrib)
  - Western Sudan
  - Guinea Coast
  - Eastern and Southern Africa
    - Mapungubwe (ca. 1050 - 1270 A.D.)
    - Great Zimbabwe (11th - 15th century A.D.)
- 1400 - 1600 A.D.
  - Egypt
    - The Art of the Mamluk Period (1250 - 1517 A.D.)
  - Western North Africa (The Maghrib)
  - Central Africa
  - Western Sudan
  - Guinea Coast
  - Eastern and Southern Africa
African Art: Special Topics (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History)
- The Age of Exploration: Early Encounters
- Benin Chronology
- The Central Zone
- African Christianity in Ethiopia
- African Christianity in Kongo
- The Fulani/Fulbe People
  - The Art of Fulani/Fulbe People
- Igbo-Ukwu (ca. 9th century A.D.)
- The Age of Iron
- Trade and the Spread of Islam
- Afro-Portuguese Ivories
- African Lost-Wax Casting
  - Bronze, Copper, and Brass
  - The Tada Figure
- Lydenburg Heads (ca. 500 A.D.)
- The Trans-Saharan Gold Trade (7th - 14th century)
Gold of Africa Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Africa (at the British Museum)
- The Sainsbury African Galleries
- Sculpture
- Textiles
- Graphic Arts
- Ancient Egypt, with a link to Later Egypt
- Money
African Art in the Ethnological Missionary Museum in the Vatican (through The Holy See, The Vatican)
- Western
  - Igbo: Agbogho monnwu helmet face mask
  - Mende: Bundu helmet mask of the Sande female society
- Equatorial
  - Luba: Mask of the kifwebe type
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
African Art (at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri)
African Sculptural Art (African Votive Sculpture), papers by Herbert E. Roese, with links to
- The Indigenous Sculptural Arts of South Africa in Perspective
- Interpreting African Sculpture
- Two Unusual Wood Sculptures from Ghana
- Modern Sculptures from Zimbabwe
- Miniature Sculptures from Africa
Modern African Art: A Basic Reading List compiled by Janet L. Stanley, National Museum of African Art Library, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Art and Life in Africa Online, with links to:
- Key Moments in Life
- The Chronology of African Art (Professor Christopher D. Roy)
- Introduction: Diffusion and other Problems in the History of African States (Professor James Giblin)
- Issues in African History (Professor James Giblin)
Africa-related images, including Ancient Egypt (African Studies, University of Pennsylvania), including
- African Sculpture
Ancient Africa (through Images from History), with links to:
- Kingdoms of Kerma and Punt (26-12th c. B.C.)
- Formative and Classic Kemet (31st -16th c. B.C.)
- Post-Classic Kemet: 2nd Int. Period and Empire (18-11th c. B.C.)
- Hellenistic and Coptic Egypt (3rd c. B.C. - 7th c. A.D.)
- Kingdom of Napata (circa 9th - 4th c. B.C.)
- Ancient Sudan: Kingdom of Meroë (4th c. B.C. - 325 A.D.)
- Ancient Horn of Africa: Axum (4th - 7th c. A.D.)
Ancient Sudan: Nubia (Ibrahim Omer)
Empires of the Western Sudan (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History)
- Ghana Empire
- Mali Empire
- Songhai Empire
Explore the Collection of African Art in the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- The Diversity of African Art
- The Uses of African Art
- Imagery in African Art
African Art in the Collection of the Historical Museum of Abomey in the Republic of Benin, with links to
- The Amazons
- Bas-reliefs
- Appliquéd cloth or hangings
- The Assen
- Staffs of the kings of Danhomé
Bronzes from Ife and Benin (through Galerie Peter Herrmann)
The Art of Africa, links and images, through Mike Gunther's Timelines of Art History: The World
Le Masque au Burkina Faso (through Conseil International des Musées)
African Art (through Mark Harden's Artchive)
African Art in the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
African Art in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Africa: The Art of a Continent (Guggenheim Museum, New York), with a link to a A Clickable Map of the Art of the Africa Continent, with further links to:
- Eastern Africa
- Ancient Egypt and Nubia
- Sahel and Savanna
- Northern Africa
- Southern Africa
- Central Africa
Sub-Saharan African Art: Introduction (at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University)
Africa, Oceania and Native American Art in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
African Art (in The George Ortiz Collection)
Great Zimbabwe (four photographs)
Mystery of Great Zimbabwe (Peter Tyson, PBS Nova Online), plus an investigation of the site
Great Zimbabwe National Park, Zimbabwe (photographs by Tom Loos)
Riddle of Great Zimbabwe (abstract of article by Roderick J. McIntosh in Archaeology magazine)
Art of the Kwele of Equatorial Africa: ancestor masks, bush spirit masks (by Louis Perrois, through Tribal Arts)
Ashanti Gold Weights (through Michael Greenhalgh's ArtServe at The Australian National University)
African Sculpture (through Mark Harden's Artchive)
The British and the Benin Bronzes, text only (through African Reparations Movement)
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning (Exhibition, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia), with links to:
- Introduction
- Elements of African Aesthetic
- The Exhibition
African Lost-Wax Casting (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History)
- Bronze, Copper, and Brass
- The Tada Figure
Akan Symbols Project (Dr. George F. Kojo Arthur and Prof. Robert Rowe)
- Introduction
- Architecture
- Metal Casting
- Textiles
  - Adinkra Cloths
  - Kente Cloths
  - Kente Coths & Motifs
  - Factory-Made Wax and Non-Wax Prints
  - Asafo Flags
  - Akan Akunintam (Royal Akan Cloth)
  - Akan Cosmology
- Wood Carvings
- Kente Cloth (through AfricaWithin.com)
African Textiles
Africana Collection (University of Florida)
- Nowo or Zogbe Mask
- West African textile patterns
- Ratton Masks
Zulu Beadwork (Stan Schoeman), with links to
- The Zulu Nation in South Africa
- A Brief Historical Review Of Traditional African Beadwork in Africa, South of the Sahara
- Beadwork in the Zulu Cultural Tradition
- Traditional Necklaces
- Adornment of the head
- Adornment of the chest, waist and lower body
- Adornment of the limbs
- Items worn by Izangoma (specialists in traditional magic)
Beaded Slendor: Migration of Beadmaking and Beadwork throughout Africa, with links to essays
- History, Trade, and Beadworking Techniques
- Royal Arts among the Yoruba, Bamum, and Kuba
- Adornment among the Topotha, Maasai, and Ndebele
- African Beadwork Today
- Images
- Bibliography
Hamill Gallery of African Art (commercial)
Traditionelle afrikanische kunst (at Galerie Peter Herrmann)
Africa (Professor Ron Johnson), with a map of Map of Contemporary Africa
- Maasai - Kenya & Tanzania
  - Warrior Near Ngorogoro, plus a detail
  - Maasai Woman, Ngorogoro
  - Maasai Woman, Ngorogoro
  - Maasai Bride with Bead Dance Necklace
  - Necklaces & Ear Ornaments, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  - Maasai Jumping Dance, Ngorogoro
- Burundi
  - Map of Burundi
  - Coiled Basket
  - Women Carrying Baskets & Wearing Kangas
  - Market Baskets, bamboo
  - Tutsi Basket with conical lid 20th c., Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge
  - House of Drums at Gishora
  - Leaping Drummers of Gishora
  - Drummers of Gishora
  - Chief of Gishora Drummers
- Pygmies - Democratic Republic of Congo
  - Welcome to Pygmy Village
  - Pygmy Chief with Rattles and Spirit of the Forest Gourd
  - Pygmy Chief Examining a Camera
- Ancient Sudan - Fraras & Kerma (Kush)
  - Ancient Egypt / Sudan Map. Nile Valley
  - Egyptian 18th Dynasty Nubians Bringing Luxury Items
  - Faras A Group Eggshell Ware Fingerprint Patterns, 3000 B.C., British Museum
  - Faras Group A Eggshell Ceramic Bowl, 3100-2800 B.C., Boston Museum of Fine Arts
  - Classic Kerma Tulip Beaker and Spouted Pot
  - Kerma Black Polished Bowl with Incised White-filled Decoration
  - Kerma Carnelian Bead Necklace
  - Gilded Ivory & Copper Fly, 2000-1500 B.C., Boston Museum of Fine Arts
  - Pan Grave Culture Painted Cow Skull, 2200-1700 B.C., Boston Museum of Fine Arts
  - Kerma. Eastern view of Duffufa
  - Kerma Reconstructed Burial bed
  - Faience Hippopotamus, 1600-1500 B.C., Boston Museum of Fine Arts
  - Kerma Hippopotamus Goddess Taweret
  - Kerma Ibex & Bustard
  - Sphinx of Tahargo
  - Statuette of a Nubian Woman
- Nok - Nigeria 900 B.C. - 200 A.D.
  - Map of the Ancient Civilizations of Nigeria
  - Theoretical Diagram of a Nok Temple with Statues
  - Katsina style Seated Male Figure, 500 B.C. - 500 A.D.
  - Large Male Statue, 150 B.C.
  - Jenne Amulet Statuette, 1470 A.D.
  - Nok Head
  - Female Terracotta Fragment
  - Terracotta Heads with Snake and Harvest Scenes, Louvre, Paris
- Ife - Nigeria 500 A.D. - 1600 A.D.
  - Obalufon Mask, bronze, 11th-12thc.
  - Idealized Bronze Head of an Oni
  - Scarification Patterns of a Nigerian Man
  - Small Oni Bronze, 14-15thc.
  - Bronze Staff of a Bound Man
  - Recent Oni of Ife Wearing Beaded Crown
  - Portrait of an Oni, 12th to 16th century, British Museum, London
- Benin - Nigeria 1350 A.D. - 1897 A.D.
  - Dutch Print of 1668 of Oba in Annual Procession
  - Bronze Box of the Palace with Royal Ibis & Python, Berlin
  - Python Head from Royal Palace, bronze, Berlin
  - Portuguese Soldier, bronze, Phoebe Hearst Museum, U.C. Berkeley
  - Royal Ivory Leopard, British Museum, London, and detail
  - Oba Akenzua II Seated with Altar to his Hand & to previous Oba
  - Oba Adolo Altar with Elephant Tusks & Bronze Heads
  - Male Head, bronze (probably an Oba), 15th - 16th c.
  - Head of an Oba, bronze, 18th c., National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  - Chief Osuma in Pangolin Chief's Regalia with Pectoral Mask & Ceremonial Sword
  - Ivory Pectoral Mask, British Museum, London
  - Bronze Plaque of Oba, British Museum, London
  - A helmet mask (ododua), mid-18th c., British Museum, London
- Yoruba
  - Map of Yorubaland
  - Diagram of Key Elements of the Yoruba Cosmos
  - Priest of Esu/Elegba Dancing
  - Esu Image as Worn Upside Down When Danced
  - Esu Dance Vestment, Phoebe Hearst Museum, U.C. Berkeley
  - Esu Dance Staff, wood, beads, etc.
  - Esu Dance Staff, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
  - Esu, wood, British Museum, London
  - Esu, cowry shells, U.C.L.A.
  - Esu, wood, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
  - Esu, Held by the Arugba
  - Esu Shrine of the Elemoso
  - Ifa Divination Board, wood, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  - Babalawo Kolawole Ositola Beginning Divination with the Cross Road Sign
  - Ifa Imori Divination
  - Ifa Divining Board, Tapper, & Kola Nuts, Phoebe Hearst Museum, U.C. Berkeley
  - Ifa Divining Tapper, Ivory, U.C.L.A.
  - Ifa Divining Tappers, Ivory & Iron, U.C.L.A.
  - Queen Victoria, wood, U.C.L.A.
  - Ifa divination materials container, Phoebe Hearst Museum, U.C. Berkeley
  - Ibeji, Woman in Her Seventies with Ibeji Brother, 1970
  - Mother of Twins Dancing
  - Ibeji, King of Oyo, wood with beaded vest, Phoebe Hearst Museum, U.C. Berkeley
  - Ibeji with Protective Birds, Oyo, wood with beaded vest, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  - Senior Thunder God Priest
  - Ibeji with Sango Beaded Vest, U.C.L.A.
  - Ibeji in Cowry Shell Vest, U.C.L.A.
  - Ibeji, Ron Johnson collection
  - Ibeji, U.C.L.A.
  - Gelede Dancer with mask with two snakes devouring antelopes, 1971
  - Gelede Mask with pigs
  - Gelede Mask with a drummer, 20th c., Stanford
- Igbo - Nigeria
  - Mbari House, Sacred Side, near Owerri
  - Installation of Dinner Plates in Mbari House
  - Modeling of Mbari Figures in Termite Clay or Yam
  - Scapegoat Figure of Mbari House or Ugly Child
  - Ala (Earth Goddess)
  - Amadioha (Thunder God) & His Wife
  - Secular Side of Mbari House with Childbirth Scene
  - Okpangu & Scene of Leopard Attacking a Goat
- Asanta - Ghana
  - Asantehene with the Golden Stool in Asipim Chair
  - Asante Carver Finishing a Stool, Carving Workshop, Aharvi
  - Eight Black Stools of State
  - Two Asipim Chairs
  - Gold Weighing Equipment
  - Gold Weights
  - Gold Dust Boxes
  - Lions, gold, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  - Linguists with Their Staffs
  - Linguist’s Staff, Wiseman’s Knot
  - Ceremonial Sword with Proverbial Figures University of Iowa
  - Gold Soul Disk
  - Grave of Atawazudi, died 1969
  - Kente Cloth gold dust pattern
  - Kente Cloth Red Flowers Pattern, National Museum, Accra
  - Kente Cloth, Otan Wo, National Museum, Accra
  - Kente Cloth, National Museum, Accra
  - Man & Six Wives Walking to a Funeral, National Museum, Accra
  - Akua'ba wood, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  - Asante, Besease Shrine, Priest Side and Side for Singers, Ghana
  - Asante, Besease Shrine, Two Roosters & Ram Designs, begun 1850
  - Asante, Besease Shrine, Wisdom Tree with Three Tortoises, Shrine Emblems
  - Asante, Besease Shrine, Altar Side with Sheep Backbone Sacrifices
  - Asante, Besease Shrine, Side with Talking Drums
  - Asante, Bonwire, Kente Cloth Cooperative
  - Asante, Bonwire, Kente Cloth Weaver
  - Asante, Ntonso, Pounding Bark for Adinkra Cloth Dye
  - Asante, Ntonso, Cooked Tree Bark for Adinkra Cloth Dye
  - Asante, Ntonso, Applying Dye with a Comb to Adinkra Cloth
  - Asante, Ntonso, Adinkra Cloth Dye Stamps
  - Asante, Ntonso,Cotton Adinkra Cloth Drying
  - Damango, Northern Village, Typical Round Houses
  - Damango, Storage Houses
  - Damango, Women pounding Cassava
  - Larabanga Mosque Mystic Stone, 1468
  - Larabanga Mosque Front Men's Entrance, 1468
  - Larabanga Mosque Women's Entrance, 1468
  - Transporting Slaves to a Port or Market, Lithograph, 1790
  - Fort-Prison of St. George, Elmina, 1482
  - Fort-Prison of St. George, Elmina, Women's Cells, 1482
  - Fort-Prison of St. George, Elmina, Women's Cells and Ball and Chain, 1482
  - Diagram of Slave Ship Brookes, 18th Century
  - Shipboard Slave Revolt, painting, 1851
  - Large Dugout Canoes in Process, Axim
  - Boats and Harbor, Elmina
  - Elmina Boats
  - Small Ebony Dugout Canoe, Ensima
- Bamana - Mali
  - Boli, mixed media, Musée de l'homme, Paris
  - N'tomo Society, wood, seeds, cowry shells, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  - N'tomo Society, wood, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  - Komo Society, wood, quills, mud, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.
  - Chi Wara Dancers in the Big Field, wood, raffia
  - Chi Wara Headdress, wood
  - Chi Wara Headdresses, wood, Art Institute, Chicago
  - Roan Chi Wara Headdress, wood, de Menil Collection, Houston
  - Roan Chi Wara Headdress, wood, Museum of Primitive Art, New York
  - Chi Wara Headdresses, wood, National Museum of Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  - Chi Wara Headdress, wood, National Museum Of African Art, Washington, D.C.
  - Chi Wara Headdress, wood, Brooklyn Museum of Art
- Senufo - Ivory coast
  - Firespitter Mask
  - Firespitter Mask wood, Art Institute, Chicago
  - Tyekpa Society Funerary Figures for Mother of Tyekpa
  - Hornbill, Bird of the poro helmet mask, painted wood, University of Iowa, Iowa City
  - Leopard Transformation Costumes
  - Ox Nasolo in the Sacred Grove
- Bobo - Upper Volta
  - Leaf Costume for purification rites and spirit of Do
- Bur - Burkina Faso
  - Hawk Mask, Stanford Art Museum, Palo Alto
- Kuba - Democratic Republic of Congo
  - Kuba King Kot a Mbweeky III
- Wodaabe - Niger
  - Wodaabe woman with facial scarification and jewelry
  - Woman Donning Jewelry for Geerewol Ceremony
  - Woman Decorating a Calabash with Protective Design
  - Women in Finest Attire Looking at Calabash Displays
  - Male Geerewol Dancers in Ostrich Plumes With Women Judges
  - Male Geerewol Dancer Applying Makeup
  - Male Geerewol Dancer Showing Teeth and Eye Movements
  - Male Geerewol Dancers Showing Charm
  - Male Geerewol Dancers Dancing with Ostrich Plume Headdresses
  - Male Leather Talisman Diagram
  - Male Leather Talisman To Repel Bad Luck
- Makonde - Tanzania
  - Makonde Helmet Mask, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Luba - Democratic Republic of Congo
  - Female Power Figure with Snail Shells, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
- Kongo - Congo
  - Power figure Mbumba Maza, Musée de l'homme, Paris
  - Nail Power Figure, Naoki, wood, nails, mirror, etc., Phoebe Hearst Museum, U.C. Berkeley
  - Nail Oath-Taking Image, Nkisi n'kondi, De Young Museum, San Francisco
  - Power figure, 19th c., Munich
  - Two headed Power figure of a Dog, wood, nails, 19th c., Berlin
  - Another view of Two headed Power figure of a Dog, wood, nails, 19th c., Berlin
  - Leopard Claw Bonnet, Lisbon
- Kongo - Democratic Republic of Congo
  - Power Figure, wood, cloth, gun powder, etc., University of Iowa, Iowa City
- Songye - Democratic Republic of Congo
  - Power Figure, 19th c., Berlin
- Pende - Democratic Republic of congo
  - Mbangu Face Mask, Horniman Museum, London
- Woyo - Angol
  - Power Figures (Nkisi), Lisbon
- Yombe - Angola
  - Power Figure, Nkisi, Lisbon
- Lumbo - West Congo
  - Power Figure, horn, wood, metal, beads, etc., Musée de l'homme, Paris
- Vili - Congo
  - Power Figure of a Standing Man, cloth, wood, etc., Berlin
- African-American - New York
  - Protective Household Fetishes, Museum of Natural History, New York
- Masango - Gabon
  - Reliquary Figure with Basket of Bones, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
- Shake - Gabon
  - Bwitti Cult Figure, brass, wood, copper, Museum of Primitive Art, New York
- Kota - Gabon
  - Bwitti Bronze Image, New Orleans Museum of Art
African Art: Historical Photographs

G. I. Jones Photographic Archive of Southeastern Nigerian Art and Culture, with liks to

Index to Ibibio, Ijo and Ogoni
- Ibibio
- Ogoni
- Ijaw
  - Maskfrom Owu Masquerade
  - Mask from Brass District
  - Central Ijaw Headpiece
  - Kalabari Mask
  - Kalabari stool
  - Cultural Igbo, near Forcados
  - Mask, Nembi, Brass District
  - Owu (Water Spirit) Mask, Nembi, Brass District
Index to Ika Igbo (Western Igbo)
- Ofo, uxurhe and other pieces [includes Ikenga], North Ika
- Carved wooden shrine object, North Ika, Asaba village
- Carved wooden shrine object, South Ika, Aboh town
- Carved wooden figure, North Ika, stray Yoruba influence
- Ogonya Play, Ogume Village, South Ika bordering Isoko Edo
- Figure of chief, North Ika
- Mud figures of Chief and Attendants and Commissioner of Police, North Ika
- Decorated pot, North Ika
- Decorated pots, North Ika
- Feathered Headdress, Ogonya Play, Ogume village, South Ika
- Ogene Mask, Ogonya Play, Ogume village, South Ika
- Ejukpe mask and other masks, Ogonya Play, Ogume village, South Ika
- Nwamno figure, Ogume village, South Ika
- Nwamno figure, Dance trophy, Ogume village, South Ika
- Okike, Ikenga and other shrines, North Ika
- Portable household shrine, North Ika
- Figure in an ancestral shrine, North Ika
- Uxurhe Staffs
- Drums and figures, North Ika
Index to Nsukka and Nri/Awka Igbo
- Nsukka Igbo
- Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Ego Ago (money finish), Mmau Masquerade, Amuda village, Isu Ochi
  - Awo Ohia, Mmau Masquerade, Amuda village, Isu Ochi
  - Iro Ekpetu (Merciless), Mmau Masquerade, Amuda village, Isu Ochi
  - Eju Onu (Long Mouth), Mmau Masquerade, Amuda village, Isu Ochi
  - Nwabogho Ehi (heifer), Mmau Masquerade, Amuda village, Isi Ochi
  - Obugula Mmau, daughter masks, Amuobia village
  - Obugula Mmau, Amuobia village
  - Obugula Mmau, Amuobia village
  - Grandmother Mask, Obugula Mmau, Amuobia village
  - Omuko (very old elder), Amuobia village
  - Omuko (very old elder), Amuobia
  - Ghost Police, Amuobia village
  - Ghost Police, Amuobia village
  - Ghost Police Sargent, Amuobia village
  - Ghost Court Messengers, Amuobia village
  - A mask called Government, Amuobia village
  - Agu nechenyi (leopard/elephant), Amuobia village
  - Anumbii (Horned Beast), Amuobia village
  - Nwa Ekpo, boy's masquerade, Nimo
  - Onu Kamma maskers (mouth stronger than sword), Nimo
  - Onu Kamma masker (mouth stronger than sword), Nimo
  - Mgbedike or Agu neche Enyi (leopard/elephant), Nimo
  - Ogaranya (a powerful man), Nimo
  - Ogbuseyolaho mask
  - Onyeocha (white man)
  - Carved wooden shrine object, North Ika, Asaba village
  - Carved wooden shrine object, South Ika, Aboh town
  - Carved wooden figure, North Ika, stray Yoruba influence
  - Ogonya Play, Ogume Village, South Ika bordering Isoko Edo
  - Figure of chief, North Ika
  - Mud figures of Chief and Attendants and Commissioner of Police, North Ika
  - Decorated pot, North Ika
  - Decorated pots, North Ika
  - Feathered Headdress, Ogonya Play, Ogume village, South Ika
  - Ogene Mask, Ogonya Play, Ogume village, South Ika
  - Ejukpe mask and other masks, Ogonya Play, Ogume village, South Ika
  - Nwamno figure, Ogume village, South Ika
  - Nwamno figure, Dance trophy, Ogume village, South Ika
  - Okike, Ikenga and other shrines, North Ika
  - Portable household shrine, North Ika
  - Figure in an ancestral shrine, North Ika
  - Uxurhe Staffs
  - Drums and figures, North Ika
Index to Ikwerri Igbo
- Mami Wata, Rumuji Owu Play
- Ogalanya (Shining and bright), Rumuji Owu Play
- Abbu (Tortoise), Rumuji Owu Play
- Egedu (Mudfish), Rumuji Owu Play
- Ebi (porcupine), Rumuji Owu Play
- Ebeule Uku (Water Ram, mythical beast), Rumuji Owu Play
- Carver of the masks, Preparing a mask for the Rumuji Owu Play
- Carver of the masks, Preparing a mask for the Rumuji Owu Play
- Abam (One who has visited places and learned things), Rumuji Owu Play
- Asaba, Rumuji Owu Play
- Asaba, Rumuji Owu Play
- Jack, Rumuji Owu Play
- Ajibodo, Head of Owu, Rumuji Owu Play
- The musicians accompaning the dance, Rumuji Owu Play
- Parade of Masks, Okerevinwe, Oweremba, Aka Leke, Adachinwa, Abam, Jack, Oyiaro, Oki (Rumuji Owu Play)
Index to Abiriba Igbo
- Abiriba Igbo
  - Modern female figure
  - Modern male figure
  - Mask
  - Canoe with figures
  - Ekpe (Igbo) head
  - Boys masquerade, (Ibibio style mask)
  - Mask
  - Boy next to food bowl
  - Tripod drum
- Ngbagba Ikoro Festival
- Abiriba Obu Houses (meeting houses)
  - figures in Obu
  - figures in Obu, Amogudu, plus close-up 1 and close-up 2
  - Obu house
  - Obu house
  - Chief in Obu house
  - Figures in Obu house, Female with pot on head, male with cutlass and trophy head
  - Figures in Obu house, Woman with a baby. Above her a man with cutlass and trophy head
  - Four Obu figures
  - Carved pillars in Obu house
  - figure of woman and baby
Index to Nkporo Igbo
- A group of masks, Boys initiation, Obohia
- two masks, Boys initiation, Obohia
- two masks, Boys initiation, Obohia
- A group of masks, Boys initiation, Obohia
- A group of masks, Boys initiation, Obohia
- Mask, Boys initiation, Obohia
- Mask, Boys initiation, Obohia
- Mask, Boys initiation, Obohia
- Dancing masker, Boys initiation, Obohia
- Dancing masker, Boys initiation, Obohia
- Two Nwanyi Oma [beautiful women] with an attendant, Boys initiation, Elugu
- Nwanyi Oma [beautiful woman], Boys initiation, Elugu
- Ogu Mask, Boys initiation, Elugu
- Masquerade band, Boys initiation, Elugu
- Masquerade band, Boys initiation, Elugu
- Ofogu mask, Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Two Ofogu? masks, Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Ogbo (Clown) mask, Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Ogbo (Clown) mask and masquerade band, Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Two Ogwu Aba (singers), Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Nwanyi Oma (Beautiful Woman), Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Nwanyi Oma (Beautiful Woman), Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Ogwu Mask, Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Okpa masquerade, the band, Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Ofogu? mask, Boys initiation, Etiti Ama
- Calabash mask, Boys initiation
- Group leading masks, Boys initiation
- Initiation mask, Boys initiation
- Dancing initiation masks, Boys initiation
- Dancing initiation masks, Boys initiation
- Dancing intitiation mask, Boys initiation
Index to Ohafia/Abam Igbo
- Okwanko masquerade, Akanu Ohafia
- Carved figures in Obu, Asaga Ohafia
- The Ohafia War Dance (iri agha)
  - Ohafia war dancer with headboard (oyaya)
  - Ohafia war dancer with headboard (oyaya)
- Shrines (arunsi)
- Miscellaneous images from Ohafia
Index to Riverine Igbo (Ekpafia, Abua, Ekpeya)
- Ekpafia Igbo
  - Aminikoro mask, Ogbukele festival
  - Osu Mask, Ogbukele festival
  - Osu Mask, Ogbukele festival
  - Aminikoro mask, Ogbukele festival
  - Eside Mask, Ogbukele festival
  - Ekpekede, (the head mask) Ogbukele festival
  - Ekpekede, (the head mask) Ogbukele festival
  - A dancer, Ogbukele festival
  - Iwolo mask, Ogbukele festival
  - Elders in front of the obu (meeting house), Ogbukele festival
  - Dancer, Ogbukele festival
  - Ogbukele drum and Band, Ogbukele festival
  - Obiri Jack mask, Ogbukele festival
  - Obiri Jack mask (close-up), Ogbukele festival
- Abua Igbo
  - Asele mask (beloved daughter), Ogbukele festival Edolia Village
  - Oki mask, Ogbukele festival Edolia Village
- Ekpeya Igbo
Index to various Igbo groups: Ngusu Ada, Isu Ikwu Ato, Alayi, Item
- Ngusu Ada Igbo
- Isu Ikwu Ato
  - Ajaiku masquerade, Ovim village
  - Elder attending Ajouku masquerade, Ovim village
  - Drummers for Ajouku masquerade, Ovim village
  - Two masks, Parade of masks, Ajouku masquerade, Ovim village
- Alayi Igbo (Isu-Ikem)
  - Lughielu Mask, Ugwu Eke village
  - Mask (top missing), Ugwu Eke village
  - Mask, Ugwu Eke village
  - Mask, Ugwu Eke village
  - Mask, Ugwu Eke village
  - Mask, Ugwu Eke village
  - Mask, Ugwu Eke village
- Item Igbo
  - Lugbulu Mask, Man holding 'female' mask and 'comic male' mask
  - Lugbulu Mask, Beautiful female mask
  - Lugbulu Mask, Beautiful female mask
  - Lugbulu Mask, Comic male mask
  - Lugbulu Mask, Comic male flanked by heads of a pig and a dog
  - Lugbulu Mask, Comic male mask
Index to Ekpe Masquerades
- Modern Ekpe (Igbo) head piece.
- Ekpe (Igbo) head, representing an elephant (Ndokki)
- Ekpe (Igbo) mask, Ubakala
- Five Ekpe (Igbo) masks, Ubakala
- Skin covered head, Calabar/Creek Town
- Skin covered head with two opposing faces, Uzuakoli
- Two skin covered heads, Uzuakoli
- Ekpe (Egbo) or Ikem, Uzuakoli
- Skin covered head
- Ekpe (Egbo) head
- Ekpe (Egbo) Runner [Okonko], Umuahia
- Ekpe (Egbo) Runner [Okonko], Uzuakoli
- Ekpe (Egbo) Runner, Uzuakoli
- Ekpe (Egbo) Runner [Okonko], Umuahia
Index to Igbo music, shrines, architecture and other cultural artifacts
- Igbo Musicians
  Some Ikoro (slit drums)
- Alusi or Arunsi (shrines)
  - Alusi priest in his shrine
  - Alusi Nri-Awka
  - Alusi
  - Ibudu, Orlu
  - Juju to protect crops, Orlu
  - Alusi, Tutelary and fertility juju, Ishieke, Isu
  - Alusi, Tutelary and fertility juju -- detail, Ishieke, Isu
  - Alusi, Tutelary and fertility juju -- detail, Ishieke, Isu
  - Ibudu, Mud shrine made to protect and prosper a household
  - Pyramids, Nsude village shrine, Abaja, Northern Igbo
  - Jones posing in front of pyramid, Nsude village shrine, Abaja, Northern Igbo
  - Alusi, With Ikenga and other ritual objects, Orsu, West Isuama Igbo
  - Alusi, The same shrine with its priest (seated) and it's osu (juju slave), Orsu, West Isuama Igbo
  - Alusi, With its priest and its ritual iron belled staff, Orsu, West Isuama Igbo
  - Alusi, Orsu, West Isuama Igbo
  - Alusi, Orsu, West Isuama Igbo
  - Alusi, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - One of a group of Alusi figures, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Alusi, Several of the same group of Alusi figures
  - Alusi, Shrine of a tutelary deity
  - Alusi, Figure in another shrine, plus another view above the shrine, Obioma town, Abaja, Northern Igbo
- Ikenga
  - Ikenga, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Ikenga, Amobia, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Ikenga, Nimo, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Three Ikenga, Nimo, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Ikenga, Achalla, Nri-Awka Igbo, plus another view of the same, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Ikenga, Nimo, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Two Ikenga, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Ikenga?, Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Wood carver, Carving Ikenga
- Agwu Nsi Figures
  - Agwu Nsi figures, (Dibia) Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Agwu Nsi figures, (Dibia) Nri-Awka Igbo
  - Agwu Nsi figure, (Dibia) Nri-Awka Igbo
- Ceremonial bowls (okwa)
  - Okwa Nzu, Abiriba Igbo
  - Okwa Nzu, Abiriba Igbo
  - Okwa Nzu, Abiriba Igbo
  - Okwa Nzu, Item Igbo
- Ceremonial food bowls
  - Okwa , Ezza Igbo
  - Okwa, Ezza Igbo
  - Okwa
  - Okwa, Unknown provenence ?
- Other Igbo cultural items
  - Wari board (game)
  - Calabash containers with basketry coverings
  - House in Owerri, Figure of a motor transport magnate and symbols of his (hourse) power
  - A small boy with his doll, Son of the court clerk of Eza Court
  - House under construction
  - House under construction (southern Igbo)
  - House with inset plates South Ikwerri
  - Interior of house with plates inset in walls South Ikwerri
  - House with carved panels Nri-Awka
  - Train juju Interior of the house of the train juju (alusi) showing the engine
  - Train juju Nike, Enugu, and a detail
  - Woman with baby
  - Awka stool, Amobia village, Nri-Awka
  - Early stage in Carving a stool, Amobia village, Nri-Awka, and later stage in carving process, Amobia village, Nri-Awka
  - Another type of stool, Amobia village, Nri-Awka
  - Wood carver, Making a lidded bowl
  - Bottles carved out of wood, In the shape of local clay pots
  - Child with modern carvings, A woman, leopard and policeman, Nri-Awka

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