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TITLE compound of Eke
ARCHITECT/BUILDER Igbo peoples
NATION Nigeria
SITE SE Nigeria
DETAIL entrance to compound
CITY Ifite Nnokwa
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 1966
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

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TITLE compound of the diety Ulassi
ARCHITECT/BUILDER Igbo peoples
NATION Nigeria
SITE SE Nigeria
CITY Umuona
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 1966
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

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TITLE Mbari shrine house
ARCHITECT/BUILDER Igbo peoples
NATION Nigeria
SITE SE Nigeria
DETAIL Front side at Eziala Inyelogugu
CITY Near Owerri
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION built ca 1961
NOTES To Ala. Ala is an Igbo spiritual force.
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

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TITLE Mbari shrine house
ARCHITECT/BUILDER Igbo peoples
NATION Nigeria
SITE SE Nigeria
DETAIL Front side at Ndiama Obube.
CITY Near Owerri
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (built ca '62) 1966
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

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TITLE Diviner's shrine
ARCHITECT/BUILDER Igbo peoples
NATION Nigeria
SITE SE Nigeria
CITY Umuoye Etche
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION built ca 1960
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

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TITLE Titled woman's house
ARCHITECT/BUILDER Igbo peoples
NATION Nigeria
SITE SE Nigeria
DETAIL exterior
CITY Ifite Nnokwa
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION built ca 1923
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

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TITLE house of tutelary diety
ARCHITECT/BUILDER Igbo peoples
NATION Nigeria
SITE SE Nigeria
CITY Omoliko Abatete
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

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TITLE Ozo titled man's door & panels
CITY Nnobi
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

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TITLE Ozo titled man's door & panels
CITY Nnobi
PHOTOGRAPHER Herbert M. Cole
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

Doors of title men (ozo) from the Nri-Oka region.

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TITLE Ozo titled man's door & panels
CITY Ifite Nnokwa
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 1966
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPH 1973

[quote author=PAGAN 9JA]are there any pictures of Igbo priests and their attires[/quote]Maybe in another thread.

ChinenyeN: I see. Thank you. By the way, which text do you have exactly, if I may ask?

Ibo Art, 1989.
Shire Ethnography.

Abagworo: People have almost killed the Oratta group of Igbos by calling them Owerri and sometimes adding some Isu groups like Mbieri to Owerri. Always specify if its Oratta or Isu as Owerri is a boundary of Oratta and Isuama Igbos. Not to derail the thread but help in specifying the accuracy of labels.

Notice I kept writing 'Owere area'. The source of the pictures didn't specify Mbari to be part of Oratta culture, only around Owere. I was labelling the architecture by the general regions people may be familiar with, like how I wrote Nri-Oka for the buildings found in Anambra. I'll change the labels.

ChinenyeN: Do you have access to Jones' full text?

I mean't overall, since he has many years of researching Igbo culture. The only text I have is not online. He seemed to be the few that concentrated more on the south, like Ekpe in Umuahia.

http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/jmccall/jones/ekpe.html

odumchi: I was unable to find a decent photo of an ekpe lodge so I decided to illustrate one myself. Sorry for the crudeness, lol.

This is supposed to be a 19th century lodge. Around the 30s, people began using zinc and stone to build these lodges instead of the traditional mud and grass.

Good drawing. I think I posted an Egbo meeting house from Abiriba above.

Mbari interior

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Edward Rowland Chadwick, 1927-1943.

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Edward Rowland Chadwick, 1927-1943.

ChinenyeN: Why am I not surprised by the academia's lack of information on the Asa-Ndoki-Ngwa-Ohuhu axis?

I think G. I. Jones information is more balanced.

I don't know, the same can be said for some other areas. They are almost completely ignored. Maybe they assume the areas they touch are enough to estimate the other related groups. The closest traditions to Ngwa or anywhere in Umuahia that are touched on here is Bende, Ohafia and Arochukwu.

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Nri-Oka (again)

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The corrugated metal roof is obviously new/post-colonial.

Igbo Carved Doors
Nancy C. Neaher
African Arts, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Nov., 1981), pp. 49-55+88

More Mbari from Imo State. Oratta Igbo.

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"[PIC 1] IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE “UGLY CHILD,” THE FIRST FIGURE MODELED. NEITHER IN THE MBARI NOR FINISHED, IT IS A SCAPEGOAT TO DRAW OFF ANY EVIL INFLUENCES."

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"[PIC 2] AKAKPORO, THE ARCHITECT AND PRINCIPAL SCULPTOR OF THE MBARI TO ALA IN NNORIE, STANDS BEFORE THE MBARI CORE BUILDING. THE PLATES HAVE BEEN INSERTED."

Decorated building. Quite simple compared to the other buildings posted.

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"Mural by Helen Obiora, Orno, 1995. Photo: Sarah Adams, 1995.
— Sarah Adams"

More from Imo State. Oratta Igbo.

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"Mbari for Obiala in Ndiama Obube by Nnaji."

Anambra region, the walls are painted with uli, sort of looks like a galaxy.

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"Painted Entry wall of communal shrine. Nimo"

Owere area again. Mbari building. Oratta Igbo.

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"Mbari to Eketa in Umueke Ihitte. Done by an artist known as Ugo."

Igbo house of unknown origin.

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Painted wood panels on mud walls.

And when you're your own master, you have no problem.

mimifonwon: Because you missed the significance of the names they are given.Its like telling a doctor, i am only gonna call you your name your parents gave you,and will not recognize your accomplishments... yeah i didnt think so. Please dont take offense, its just that my grandfather was livid when he saw what i saw of children rocking the same hat he had received after fighting in wars and, that now children and young people who dont know the meaning just put it on for fashion sake. I hope you caught my flow. I meant no personal attack.

When I made that statement I wasn't replying you, in a way what I said was supporting your stance. I mean't everyone should uphold the culture of their ancestors and that's it. There shouldn't be any forced attempt to 'create' a new general culture from other peoples customs and traditions.

What airpot, country is this?

mimifonwon: YOU ARE A LOST GENERATION>>> I TURN MY BACK ON YOU>>

Why?

I just think it would be best for everybody to 'ansa eem papa name'.

Gone.

Unknown origin. [From somewhere noted as Ihale by J Stöcker between 1880-1939]

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A gate to a walled compound with a carved door and panels, two pillars with carved figures on them.

Abiriba obu meeting house. This seems to be an ekpe lodge which odumchi earlier explained.

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"Carved pillars in Obu house Abiriba. Jones notes: 'Figures carved on the central pillar are: below, a woman with a waterpot on her head; above, an "Egbo runner" (i.e. the agent of the Ekpe [Egbo] secret society, his identity concealed beneath a tight fitting all enveloping costume and believed by the uninitiated to be a forest daemon. The servant of the Ekpe spirit to which the society ministers.)"

Well carved door or screen from Oka in the 70s but probably much older. The northern part of Igboland seemed to have had good door manufacturers as seen from the buildings originating in those regions.

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"Obu Shrine with Azu Oji backdrop. Awka, July 1978"