Here are a collection of some pictures of Colonial Igboland that I have come across:

Agbogho Mmuo are maiden spirit masks that represent the spirit of dead girls that have manifested in the dancer to come back to parade in their communities. The masks also symbolise the ideals of female beauty among many Nri-Awka Igbo communities. Their extremely white faces symbolise that they are spirits.

Igbo Woman

Akhenaten:

Igbo Woman

Wow. Great picture.


@ poster, did you mean to say "colonial" rather than "pre-colonial"?

PhysicsHD:

@ poster, did you mean to say "colonial" rather than "pre-colonial"?

Thank you for correcting me.

these pictures are priceless.
hundred years from today, someone would come across
today's pictures and marvel on how things have changed but still remain the same. (I hope the igbo dance and Isi-agu attire never fade into oblivion)
That said, every igbo should be proud of their pedigree.
The igbos indeed have a very rich culture

May God bless you for posting this wonderful pictures

Akhenaten:

Aba Women's Riot

The "riots" or the war, led by women in the provinces of Calabar and Owerri in southeastern Nigeria in November and December of 1929, became known as the "Aba Women's Riots of 1929" in British colonial history, or as the "Women's War" in Igbo history.  Thousands of Igbo women organized a massive revolt against the policies imposed by British colonial administrators in southeastern Nigeria, touching off the most serious challenge to British rule in the history of the colony.  The "Women's War" took months for the government to suppress and became a historic example of feminist and anti-colonial protest.       

Those are yoruba women . Ever heard of aso oke? Besides i have seen that picture a million times.

@ poster

great pictures and it give as insight to history

well done

but the picture of the aba women looks like yoruba or edo women (not sure) please can you clarify this or give a link or source of that picture

thanks

Igbo People

Ejukpe mask (nearest the camera) and other masks Ogonya Play, Ogume village, South Ika

Igbo Man with Ichi Scarification

An Igbo man with Ichi marks, a sign of rank as an Ozo.

Awo Ohia (Traveller -- he who travels through the bush) Mmau Masquerade
Amuda village, Isu Ochi

Eju Onu (Long Mouth) Mmau Masquerade
Amuda village, Isu Och

Nwabogho Ehi (heifer) Mmau Masquerade
Amuda village, Isi Ochi

Obugula Mmau, daughter masks

Amuobia village

[b]Obugula Mmau
[/b]Amuobia village

Agu nechenyi (leopard/elephant)
Amuobia village