Shrine Figure (Ikenga)
possibly early 1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Shrine Figure (Ikenga), possibly early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo carver. Wood, organic materials, and raffia; overall: 74.5 x 18 x 20 cm (29 5/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2015.72 This figure associated with achievement and success would have received prayers and sacrifices in return for the guidance of ancestors.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, organic materials, and raffia
- Dimensions
- Overall: 74.5 x 18 x 20 cm (29 5/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 2015.72
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Language of Beauty in African Art, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1970-71: Elsy Leuzinger, "Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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