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Photographs © Tim Hamill
IGBO, SHRINE FIGURES
Shrine figures represent gods who provide protection, healing and good fortune in return for respect, sacrificial food and adherence to their rules. Their hands are extended to receive gifts, and open to indicate generosity and honesty.
---from Herbert M. Cole, A History of Art in Africa.
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