Index to
photographs of
Ekpe masquerades
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Ekpe Masquerades
These photographs were taken in the Bende division, Umuahia and Aba. Jones included these notes: "There are two principle masquerades, both called Ekpe, which I have distinguised. Ekpe (Igbo) surviving basically in the Southern Ngwa and Ndokki area. The other Ekpe (Egbo) from the Cross River diffused from Calabar and Aro Chukwu with grades or separate masquerades known as Okonko and Akang. These have costumes of close fitting net and skin covered heads. More recent Masquerades called Ikem diffused from Calabar to the Ibibio and Umuahia area."
