Igbo
Female Shrine Figure (Alusi)
Igbo, 1800
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Igbo
Female Shrine Figure (Alusi)
Igbo, 1800
Physical Qualities
Wood, kaolin, camwood, 48 5/8 x 10 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (123.5 x 26.5 x 20 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Berk
Object Number
1973.77
Karen Milbourne, BMA, "Meditations on African Art: PATTERN," March 12-August 17, 2008
Thompson, Barbara, ed., "Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body," Dartmouth and Seattle: The Hood Museum of Art in association with University of Washington Press, 2008, p. 56, fig. 2.6, illus.
