Photographs © Tim Hamill
IGBO, TRAY 1, 23.5", $800, Nigeria
These objects were most probably used as offering vessels, for kola nuts or chalk, and placed on altars associated with the Igbo Ikenga cult. A complex structure of beliefs, relating both to systems of personal power and community cohesiveness, is associated with this cult.
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