Shrine Figure (Ikenga)

Shrine Figure (Ikenga)

Attribution: Museum-publishedProvenance: Museum accession

Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.

Shrine Figure (Ikenga), Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo style, unknown carver — front view
Front · Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 — Cleveland Museum of Art

Catalogued by Cleveland Museum of Art as “Shrine Figure (Ikenga)”, dated early 1900s. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.

Record

People / cultureIgbo
CountryNigeria
Common nameShrine Figure (Ikenga)
Form categoryFigure, staff, or non-mask object
Subject depictedAncestor or named individual
Materialswood
DimensionsOverall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Berkely Gallery, London
Berkely Gallery, London; Katherine White Reswick

CollectionCleveland Museum of Art
Accession number1972.338

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art, Shrine Figure (Ikenga), accession 1972.338. https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.338

https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.338

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