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Shrine figure (Ikenga)

Shrine figure (Ikenga)

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
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