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    • Ekpe Masquerades
    • Ekpeya (Igbo)
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Jones Archive
Alusi/Arunsi (Shrines)

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Alusi priest in his shrine

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Alusi Another shot of the above shrine, Obioma town, Abaja, Northern Igbo

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Alusi Figure in another shrine of a tutelary deity of one of the adjacent villages erected on the road from Udi to Ngwo on the escarpment above Enugu township, Obioma town, Abaja, Northern Igbo

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Alusi Shrine of a tutelary deity of one of the adjacent villages erected on the road from Udi to Ngwo on the escarpment above Enugu township, Obioma town, Abaja, Northern Igbo

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Alusi Several of the same group of Alusi figures

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One of a group of Alusi figures Nri-Awka Igb

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Alusi Nri-Awka Igbo

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Alusi Orsu, West Isuama Igbo

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Alusi Orsu, West Isuama Igbo

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Alusi With its priest and its ritual iron belled staff, Orsu, West Isuama Igbo

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Alusi The same shrine with its priest (seated) and it’s osu (“juju slave”), Orsu, West Isuama Igbo

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Alusi With Ikenga and other ritual objects, Orsu, West Isuama Igbo

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Jones posing in front of a pyramid Nsude village shrine, Abaja, Northern Igbo

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Pyramids Nsude village shrine, Abaja, Northern Igbo

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Ibudu Mud shrine made to protect and prosper a household

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Alusi Tutelary and fertility juju — detail, Ishieke, Isu

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Alusi Tutelary and fertility juju — detail, Ishieke, Isu

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Alusi Tutelary and fertility juju, Ishieke, Isu

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Juju to protect crops Orlu

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Ibudu Orlu

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Alusi

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Alusi Nri-Awka

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  • Photograph Indexes
    • Abiriba (Igbo)
    • Abua (Igbo)
    • Alayi/Isu-Ikem (Igbo)
    • Alusi/Arunsi (Shrines)
    • Ekpeye (Ekpafia Igbo)
    • Ekpe Masquerades
    • Ekpeya (Igbo)
    • Household Artifacts
    • Ibibio
    • Igbo Music
    • Ijaw
    • Ika (or Western Igbo)
    • Ikenga (shrine figure)
    • Ikwerri (Igbo)
    • Isuikwuato (Igbo)
    • Item (Igbo)
    • Ngusu Ada (Igbo)
    • Nkporo (Igbo)
    • Nsukka and Nri-Awka (Igbo)
    • Ogoni
    • Ohafia (Igbo)
  • Jones Biography
  • Bibliography
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