IGBO STYLE FIGURE 12, Nigeria
Photographs © Tim Hamill
IGBO STYLE
FIGURE 12
17.5" high
$400
SOLD
Despite this figure's appearance we see no real evidence of tribal use so it was probably made to be sold.
Standing figures represent the numerous Igbo deities or ancestors.
They are grouped together in symbolic families and are kept in special houses
where they are revered. During annual festivities, these figures are taken
out and paraded through the villages. The smaller yellow figures, showing
modern dress and style do not represent deities and seem to have been fastened
to a structure as puppet-like figures.
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