Igbo Tribe
Origins / Location : Nigeria Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.
Names : Also spelled Ibo and historically also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo, natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò
Languages : Igbo, Igboid, Nigerian Pidgin, Nigerian English
Religion : Christianity, Omenala/Odinala
Young Igbo maskers, initiation ceremony, Ifogu Nkporo masquerade, Obohia, Nkporo-Igbo. Photo by G. I. Jones, 1930s.
Portrait of an Igbo man in Nigeria. Photo by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès.
Nigerian Warriors dance for Queen Elizabeth of England at Port Harcourt, Nigeria in 1956. Man in center balances log on his head. The log is decorated with good luck symbols. Photo by Bettman.
An Igbo woman with full-face ichi marks, Iwollo, present-day Enugu State, 1983.
Members of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria performing a ceremonial dance (circa 1930s-1940s).
Alusi priest Ezekwem with figure of deity Eke. Both have ichi marks. Adazi Ani, Nigeria. Photograph by Herbert M. Cole, 1966
Eze Nri in Igboland HRM Tabansi Udene Nrijimofor, 1938-1979.
People of Onitsha shot by Robert Mcwhirter, 1905-11.
An Igbo man with facial marks of nobility known as Ichi from Basden, George Thomas (1921). Among the Ibos of Nigeria: An Account of the Curious & Interesting Habits, Customs & Beliefs of a Little Known African People, by One who Has for Many Years Lived Amongst Them on Close & Intimate Terms. Seeley, Service. p. 184.
Ojiako Ezenne (center), with his mother (on his right), brother (Nnoli Ezenne), and his wives. Circa 1913.
Igbo sculpture from a temple in Nigeria. Photo by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès.
Rich Women. Onitsha. (church members.)" G. F. Packer, 1880s.
Titled elder Onyeso of Agukwu Nri washing hands for a rite before a shrine to Agwụ̀, a divinity of doctors (dibị̀à). Photographed by Northcote Thomas in 1911. MAA Cambridge.
Igbo temple in Nigeria. Photo by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès.
A group of Igbo warriors in ancient battle dress at a warriors funeral. Photo: M. D. W. Jeffreys, 1956.
Igbo tribe members playing various musical instruments
Blacksmiths “from the Onitsha area” according to G. I. Jones, photographed by William Henry Crosse, part of the Royal Niger Company, 1886 - 1895. MAA Cambridge.
Three Igbo women and details of their attire including nja anklets and odu ivory bangles, akwa ocha (‘white fabric’) cloth, and a plaid-like cloth known today as George made primarily in the Igbo speaking town of Akwete. Photo taken by missionary G. T. Basden in the early 20th century in an Igbo speaking area now known as Anambra State, Nigeria. The three women were likely engaged [and well off].
Leaded bronze ceremonial object, thought to have been the head of a staff, decorated with colored beads of glass and stone, 9th century, from Igbo Ukwu, Nigeria.
Igbo Mask - Nigera 1930
Ozu-Item tribe, Isu-Item Igbo Janus shoulder mask, Ikem masquerade. Covered in skin with hair represented by circular studs and wooden horns, with porcupine quills between them and in the mouth of one.
Masquerade dancers in Nigeria from the early 20th century
Old photograph of a religious celebration of the Igbo people of Nigeria
Igbo tribe woman applying uli paint. Photo by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès.
Igbo dancer spirit. Photo by G.I. Jones
People from Ugwu Eke village wearing Igbo masks, near Alayi. Photo by G. I. Jones, 1930s
Okoroshi masquerade 1930s
A portrait of an Igbo woman and children standing by a carved door, known as mgbo ezi
An Igbo woman cooking outdoors in Nigeria. Photo by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès.
Agbogho mmuo, maiden spirit masks from the north-central part of the Igbo-speaking area. Early 20th century.
Masquerade of the Igbo people. Photo byJordi Zaragozà Anglès.
Igbo Mgbedike / Agaba type mask. Unspecified location. Photo: Edward Chadwick, c. 1930s. British Museum.
An Igbo man from Agukwu Nri decorated with what appears to be ùlì, a semi-permanent dye from a plant and a system of symbols of the same name. Photographed by Northcote Thomas, c. 1910-11. MAA Cambridge.
1930s. Jones’s book The Art of Southeastern Nigeria from 1984. A group of arusi figures from the Nri-Awka Igbo.
A group of Igbo elders in Nigeria. Photo by Jordi Zaragozà Anglès.
Left Body painting Fugar, presentday Edo State Nigeria. Photographed by Northcote W. Thomas in 1909 Right Two women making uli’ Achalla Anambra State Nigeria
Boy standing beside two lifesized wooden Igbo figures
An mgburuichi, an Igbo person with ichi marks associated with Nri. Photographed by the British colonial government anthropologist Northcote Thomas, c. 1910-1911. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.
An Igbo man from Achala, p.d. Anambra State, photographed by British colonial government anthropologist Northcote Thomas, 1910-1911. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.
An Igbo girl photographed in Nibo and noted as ‘Nwauko’ in Northcote Thomas’ photographic register, c. 1910-11.
Igbo girl with uli body art, photo by Liz Willis 1983
Young woman being painted with Uri, photograph by Liz Willis
![[Igbo] Dancers at Awka in the Onitsha Hinterland Between Niger and the Cross River
Albert F Calvert (1910) Nigeria and Its Tin Fields.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65b41067c4042363cf11625f/0f851703-7aa0-4041-b919-18ae85e89c28/tumblr_nl00t2hSwc1qjh37to1_1280.jpg)
[Igbo] Dancers at Awka in the Onitsha Hinterland Between Niger and the Cross River Albert F Calvert (1910) Nigeria and Its Tin Fields.
Young Igbo Mask Dancers Wearing Net Masks and Raffia Costumes. Eastern Region, Nigeria. — Lorenzo Dow Turner (Black American), 1951. Smithsonian.
An Igbo girl from Nibo, present-day Anambra State, with ùlì designs on her skin. Photographed by Northcote Thomas c. 1911. MAA Cambridge
An Igbo woman from Nibo, present-day Anambra State. Photographed by Northcote Thomas c. 1911. MAA Cambridge.