Shrine Figure

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Culture Igbo

Title Shrine Figure

Date Unknown

Medium Wood and pigment

Dimensions Object: 52 1/2 × 12 × 11 1/4 in. (133.4 × 30.5 × 28.6 cm)
Overall: 52 1/2 × 12 × 11 1/4 in. (133.4 × 30.5 × 28.6 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Herman, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 78.40.13

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Figures such as this one honored spirits in order to ensure a comunity's success and prosperity. For the Igbo, the spirits were associated with environmental features, such as rivers, earth, or forests, or with the days of the week and the markets held on them.

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"Shrine 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=78.40.13