House Museum

The following are pictures of the House Museum of Okoro Oji in Ujari.  Visitors come here to see the vestiges of slavery and the material culture of the slave trade.


 
Our project driver and escort
Our project driver and escort


 
The historical marker of the Ulo Nta Okoro Oji in Ujari
The historical marker of the Ulo Nta Okoro Oji in Ujari

 
A figure in the front yard of Ulo Nta Okoro Oji
A figure in the front yard of Ulo Nta Okoro Oji


 
One can see chains, a drum, animal skulls, and other relics of the slave trade in these pictures. One can see chains, a drum, animal skulls, and other relics of the slave trade in these pictures.
One can see chains, a drum, animal skulls, and other relics of the 
slave trade in these pictures.
One can see chains, a drum, animal skulls, and other relics of the slave trade in these pictures.

 
One can see chains, a drum, animal skulls, and other relics of the slave trade in these pictures.

 
One can see chains, a drum, animal skulls, and other relics of the slave trade in these pictures.

 
One can see chains, a drum, animal skulls, and other relics of the slave trade in these pictures.

 
One can see chains, a drum, animal skulls, and other relics of the slave trade in these pictures.


 
The House Museum is home to many sacred shrine objects.
The House Museum is home to many sacred shrine objects.


 
A 17th-Century entrance door inside the House Museum of Slave Trade
A 17th-Century entrance door inside the House Museum of Slave Trade
A 17th-Century entrance door inside the House Museum of Slave Trade
A 17th-Century entrance door inside the House Museum of Slave Trade
A 17th-Century entrance door inside the House Museum of Slave Trade


 
Descendants of Okoro Oji sitting in the House Museum of Slave Trade
Descendants of Okoro Oji sitting in the House Museum of Slave Trade
Descendants of Okoro Oji sitting in the House Museum of Slave Trade

 
Descendants of Okoro Oji sitting in the House Museum of Slave Trade

 
Descendants of Okoro Oji sitting in the House Museum of Slave Trade


 
A carved leopard and other shrine objects
A carved leopard and other shrine objects


 
Gongs, bells, canons, bell costumes, and other items of material culture
Gongs, bells, canons, bell costumes, and other items of material culture
Gongs, bells, canons, bell costumes, and other items of material culture

 
Gongs, bells, canons, bell costumes, and other items of material culture

 
Gongs, bells, canons, bell costumes, and other items of material culture


 
A large earthen ritual pot
A large earthen ritual pot
A large earthen ritual pot


 
More items of material culture, including silver wares, jars, relics, and bottles

 
More items of material culture, including silver wares, jars, relics, and bottles
More items of material culture, including silver wares, jars, relics, and bottles
More items of material culture, including silver wares, jars, relics, and bottles

 
More items of material culture, including silver wares, jars, relics, and bottles

 
More items of material culture, including silver wares, jars, relics, and bottles More items of material culture, including silver wares, jars, relics, and bottles


 
A large padlock and key
A large padlock and key


 
Some pictures of our narrator
Some pictures of our narrator 
Some pictures of our narrator


 
One of the chiefs sitting in the Ulo Nta Okoro Oji
One of the chiefs sitting in the Ulo Nta Okoro Oji

 
Counters with which Maazi Okoro Oji kept account of his debtors
Counters with which Maazi Okoro Oji kept account of his debtors

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