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Personal Altar (Ikenga)

Igbo, 1900-1932

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Igbo

Personal Altar (Ikenga)

Igbo

Personal Altar (Ikenga)

Igbo, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, encrustation, 8 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 3 9/16 in. (21.9 × 9.5 × 9 cm.)
Credit Line Anonymous Gift
Object Number 1995.147
wearing horned headdress and sitting on round base
Ex coll: J. Hammer, Chicago

Inscribed: Orange sticker, '478'

Culture

Igbo

2000–2000

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