Carved wooden figure; Ikenga; standing male holding severed human head and machet; yellow ochre ground with blue, orange, and black trim; 16.25 inches high.
Donor:
Richard N. Henderson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oko; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Men (male humans)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
February 1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #22: Bay Area Committee to Save Biafran Children (September 11, 1969–September 23, 1969)