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Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Shrine Figure (Ikenga)

early 1900s

Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo style, unknown carver

wood
Overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)
Gift of Katherine C. White 1972.338
Location: Not on view
  • Berkely Gallery, London
    Berkely Gallery, London; Katherine White Reswick
  • Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 156.
  • CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 31
    Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
    CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 156, repr.
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