Object class: Sculpture (visual works) / Collection place: Nigeria / Culture or time period: Igbo - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Ancestral figure, accession number 5-3819, described as Carved wooden ancestral image; Ikenga; horned with stylized face; badly rotted; 13.5 inches high.

Hearst Museum object titled Ancestral figure, accession number 5-3818, described as Carved wooden ancestral image; Ikenga; caked with blood; horned; 10 3/16 inches high.

Hearst Museum object titled Ancestral figure, accession number 5-3817, described as Carved wooden ancestral image; Ikenga; caked with blood; horned, with chin rest; 7.5 inches high.

Hearst Museum object titled Carved sculpture, accession number 5-3829, described as Carved wooden spirit figure; called “father of ‘Agwu.’”Height 14 cm. “Agwu” refers to the personal spirit of the native doctor (”dibia”) --they will refer to this as their “Chi.” This is part of the series of wooden images which are placed out and invoked during the process of “igba afa” (divination); they are also used during the personal sacrifices on the part of the diviner himself.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-16313, described as Ibo doll, male; carved and painted wood; short stumpy arms, prominent navel; hair, shorts, fingers, toes, eyes, and ears highlighted in black, mouth in red. Conservation: Chip in wood on right side of upper leg.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14120c, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-10179, described as Wooden doll (from Ilorin? Ilesha?) old. Armless. H= 32.0 m.Pair with B-325.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14120e, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-14120f, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 5-10178, described as Doll, wooden (from Ilorin? Ilesha?) . Armless. H = 30.5 cm.Pair with B-313.