Object class: Sculpture (visual works) / Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Accession number: Acc.1829 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. 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

2. 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

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. 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

5. 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

6. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-3851
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 28.893 centimeters
Collector:: Richard N. Henderson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: May 1962

7. Female figurine

Museum number:: 5-3833
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Ukpo, Nigeria

8. Human figurine

Museum number:: 5-3383
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Nigeria

9. Human figurine

Museum number:: 5-3380
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

10. Human figurine

Museum number:: 5-3840
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Nigeria