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1. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3816
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

2. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3818
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

3. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3817
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

4. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3819
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Aguleri, Nigeria

5. Carved sculpture

Museum number:: 5-3829
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Awkuzu, Nigeria

6. Chalk tray

Museum number:: 5-3826
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Awkuzu, Nigeria

7. Door

Museum number:: 5-3853
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

8. Door

Museum number:: 5-3852
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

9. Door

Museum number:: 5-3854
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-3850
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 29.21 centimeters
Collector:: Richard N. Henderson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: May 1962