Shrine figure (Ikenga)
Mediumwood
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Alan R. Sawyer
Object number1973.60.17
DescriptionWood figure with high pointed horned headdress, 3 bent limbs on small platform; surface encrusted with traces of white lime or chalk and red camwood; owned by iniates of the men's OZO society as personal shrines: personification of guardian spiritOn View
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YORUBA
YORUBA
400-650 A.D.
18th/19th century
Philippines
400-650 A.D.