"FATTING-HOUSE" WOMEN

Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

TYPES OF IBO WOMEN

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CHIEF DANIEL HENSHAW, WITH HIS FAMILY

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A HUNTING SCENE

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IBIBIO CHIEFS, WITH ATTENDANTS

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A JUJU SHRINE, WITH JUJU LEAVES IN THE FOREGROUND

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A BEACH ON WHICH TWINS WERE FORMERLY OFFERED UP

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THE PATH OVER THE MAGIC WATER WHICH SHRANK UNDERGROUND TO AVOID THE POLLUTION OF A TWIN WOMAN

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ORON MAN WITH TWINS WHOSE LIVES HE SAVED

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NDIYA BEACH

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VIEW ON THE CROSS RIVER, IN THE EKET DISTRICT

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AN IBOIBO MARKET

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A HIGH IDIONG PRIEST

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CLIMBING PALMS, "IN WHICH DWELLS THE SOUL OF A WOMAN"

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AN IBIBIO GIRL, WITH WAIST BEADS

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JUJU "IMAGE" WITH MASK AND DRESS OF WOVEN FIBRE

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A TYPICAL SACRED POOL IN IBIBIO LAND

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JUJU TREE OF THE COMPOUND SHOWN IN THE BACKGROUND

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FATTING-HOUSE GIRLS AFTER THE FIRST TIME OF SECLUSION (Mbobi)

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"FATTING-HOUSE" WOMEN

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IKOTOBO MARKET-PLACE

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A TOWN PLAYGROUND

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POOL OF ISEMIN, TO WHICH THE WOMEN GO IN PROCESSION NAKED AT DAWN

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FACING PAGE

SHRINE OF ISEMIN

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TYPE OF ROAD IN THE EKET DISTRICT

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EKOI WOMAN AND GIRLS FROM NCHOPAN

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A TYPICAL EGBO HOUSE

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AN IBO WOMAN

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JUJU TO WHICH HUMAN VICTIMS ARE OFFERED UP

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CHIEF OKONNOR OF IKOTOBO

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A NIGERIAN LANDSCAPE: MUD FLATS LEFT DRY BY THE TIDE

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AN IBIBIO CHIEF

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A BREWER OF LOVE PHILTRES

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JUJU ITA BRINYAN

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A JUJU WHICH PROTECTS A FAMILY FROM WITCHCRAFT

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GULLY DOWN WHICH THE SUSPECTED WITCH WAS THROWN

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LEAF "IMAGE," IN A JUJU "PLAY"

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A RIVER DISCOVERED BY p. A. TALBOT

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EGBO "IMAGES"

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THE "MOTHER OF GHOSTS AND DEVILS"

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TYPE OF EKOI WOMAN

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A WOMAN'S MEMORIAL

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PATH NEAR AKAIYA, PASSING THROUGH "THE FOREST OF THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE BURIED

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WATER LILIES ON A CREEK DISCOVERED BY p. A. TALBOT

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