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Carved wooden statue of Ikenga, protector of a household, polychrome, seated on a stool, head surmounted by elegantly looped horns, weaving grass skirt, Ibo tribe, Southern Nigerian, 1851-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A32442
- Materials:
- wood and skirt, grass
- type:
- statue
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
