Altarpiece

Description

Clay altarpiece on a circular base topped with a group of figures including a male chief with a fan and horn, flanked by two female figures with elaborate hairstyles holding fans, a smaller attendant and a chicken, produced for the altar dedicated to the Igbo Yam god: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Aboh, Osisa village, Kwale Igbo people, late 19th to early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1905.8

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Altarpiece

Production information

Unknown
Osisa, Aboh, Midwestern State, Nigeria, Western Africa

Date

Late 19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Kwale Igbo

Materials

Clay

Physical description

Brown varnished earthenware

Associations

Ifijioku

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Illustrated in 'Africa: The Art of a Continent', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1995

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, patterns of life