Painted Courthouse Mural at Nri

A photograph depicting a monochromatic mural painted on a dark, textured exterior wall of a courthouse in Nri, Onitsha Province. The mural is divided into two primary zones: a left-hand section featuring architectural motifs like a window frame alongside concentric spirals, dots, and wavy lines; and a central scene enclosed in a light-colored, scalloped perimeter. This central scene features a large stylized humanoid figure with triangular tessellation on its torso and legs, flanked by two smaller figures in wrap-like garments. A small bird is depicted near the central figure's raised hand, and three bulbous vessels are arranged at the base. The work is rendered in a graphic, symbolic style using flat planes of color and strong silhouettes, as documented in Nigeria magazine, No. 16, 1938.