Examples of Nsibidi

Examples of NsibidiEdit

Below are some examples of nsibidi recorded by J. K. Macgregor (1909)^[15]and Elphinstone Dayrell (1910 and 1911)^[1][17] for The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland and Man. Both of them recorded symbols from a variety of locations around the Cross River, and especially the Ikom district in what is now Cross River State. Both of the writers used informants to retrieve nsibidi that were regarded as secret and visited several Cross River communities.

"Nsibidi"   "Welcome"   "Two men talking"   "Door"   "Gun"   "Crossbow"

"Calabash"   "Big drum"   "Etak Ntaña Nsibidi — Nsibidi's bunch of plantains. When the head of the house wants plantains he sends this sign to the head boy on the farm."[17]   "Umbrella"   "Toilet soap"

"Matchet"   "Woman"   "Man"   "Moon"   "Tortoise

culled from Wikipedia.org