© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAfrican Art

Shrine Figure (Ikenga)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions3 15/16 x 18 1/8 x 6 11/16 in. (10 x 46 x 17 cm)

Object number1994.004.616

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), 8, number 8.

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

Status

Not on view

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