IBIBIO EKON PUPPET FIGURE 5, Nigeria

Photographs © Tim Hamill

IBIBIO, EKON PUPPET FIGURE 5, 20.75", $1000, SOLD, Nigeria

Ekon, an Ibibio men's association, uses puppets to parody village life and satirize the prominent members of the community.

On this puppet the legs move; the arms have square peg ends and can be removed.

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