IGB0 TRIBE:

GUARDIAN DIVINITY
FEMALE MATERNITY
ANCESTOR SHRINE STATUE #5



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IGBO TRIBE:
HAND CARVED WOOD
GUARDIAN DIVINITY FEMALE ANCESTOR STATUE #5
TEXTILE, BEADS, BONE, PIGMENT, WOOD
54" X  10" X  8"



Ibo sculpture is subject to rather strict rules: the figures are generally frontal, symmetrical, and upright, with legs slightly spread and arms held away from the body. The Ibo preserve numerous statues of the guardian divinities of the founding ancestors in both their family sanctuaries and the initiation association’s communal houses. Painted red, yellow and white, the scarification marks and attributes are an indication of the social rank of the person being represented. Proportions are true to those of the human body, with the exception of the neck, which is more elongated. Living mainly in the forested areas of south-west Nigeria, the Igbo estimated population is ten million. They are subdivided into thirty-three subgroups and are spread out in approximately two hundred villages scattered through thick forests and marshland.



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