© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAfrican Art

Shrine Figure, Alusi

Place CreatedNigeria, West Africa, Africa

CultureIgbo

Date19th-late 20th Century

MediumWood

Credit LineGift of William S. Arnett

Dimensions59 7/16 in. (151 cm)

Object number1994.003.004

Exhibition HistoryThree Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross, and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978
Art of Nigeria from the William S. Arnett Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 15, 1994 - January 2, 1995
Published ReferencesMarcilene K. Wittmer and William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross and Benue (Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978), 12, number 20.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1978.

Status

Not on view

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