Shrine figure (Ikenga)
Medium: wood
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Alan R. Sawyer
Object number: 1973.60.17
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 spirit