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IGBO IKENGA COMMUNITY SHRINE SCULPTURE

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A tall carved wooden shrine sculpture featuring an elaborate headdress with avian and serpent images as well as ancestral mask faces. The sculpture was carved from a single piece of wood and has been painted with various colored kaolin clay pigments. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 44 inches tall.

Condition

fair, very well weathered

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IGBO IKENGA COMMUNITY SHRINE SCULPTURE

Name: IGBO IKENGA COMMUNITY SHRINE SCULPTURE
SKU: 67172538
Price: 290 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $300 - $500

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