Ancestral figure

Museum number:
5-3819
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003819
Accession number:
Acc.1829
Description:
Carved wooden ancestral image; Ikenga; horned with stylized face; badly rotted; 13.5 inches high.
Donor:
Richard N. Henderson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Aguleri, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Aguleri; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object type:
ethnography
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
Accession date:
February 1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 titled Ancestral figure, accession number 5-3819, described as Carved wooden ancestral image; Ikenga; horned with stylized face; badly rotted; 13.5 inches high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

Tools