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ClassificationsAfrican Art

Shrine Figure (Ikenga or Okposi)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureIgbo, northern

Date19th-20th Century

MediumWood

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions22 1/16 x 3 15/16 x 3 9/16 in. (56 x 10 x 9 cm)

Object number1994.004.614

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
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), 7, number 4.

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

Status

Not on view

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