Figure

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Culture Tiv

Title Figure (Ihambe)

Date Late 19th–early 20th century

Medium Wood

Dimensions Object: 48 × 8 × 7 in. (121.9 × 20.3 × 17.8 cm)
Overall (height with mount): 48 3/8 in. (122.9 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 73.67.1

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Representing guardians connected with the Tiv belief system, figures such as this one have not been made since the beginning of the twentieth century. While this is a slightly unusual example, marks typically found around the navel are here found around the Adam’s apple, the form, height and scarification motifs are characteristic of such Tiv figures.

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"Figure | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=73.67.1