Onu Kamma Masqueraders at Nimo

Black-and-white photograph showing three Onu Kamma (Mouth stronger than sword) masqueraders at Nimo, Nri Awka, Onitsha province. Each figure wears a large conical faceless mask constructed from layered fibre with a cloth panel at the front. Their attire includes tie-dyed or batik upper garments, striped woven cloth trousers, and fibre skirts secured at the waist; cowrie shells are visible on the rightmost performer. Two masqueraders hold metal gongs, one striking his with a stick. A sizable crowd of bystanders observes from behind. G.I. Jones photographed the scene on colour transparency stock between 1930 and 1939; the physical transparency is now catalogued as T.170058.GIJ in the Jones Collection, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.