A Famous Were-Leopard
A monochrome photograph depicting an adult male standing on a dirt path in a forested environment. The subject is unclothed from the waist up and wears a wrap-around textile garment with high-contrast geometric patterns featuring diagonal bands and chevrons. He holds a long-barreled firearm in his left hand. The image is associated with Percy Amaury Talbot's 1923 publication, Life in Southern Nigeria, which discusses the belief in metamorphosis, known as Uworraw-Ukponn or Ehihi, and the spiritual bond between individuals and animals, such as leopards, among certain Igbo and Ibibio groups.
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