Young Warrior Ikenga
Igbo · Nigeria
Reference: TRRC-12
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- Height
- 36 cm
- Material
- Cooked clay and pigments
Young initiated with his warrior attributes. Shield and machete of ceremony leaned on the shoulder in attitude of guard and of vigilance on the dangers. Three…
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Full original description
Young initiated with his warrior attributes. Shield and machete of ceremony leaned on the shoulder in attitude of guard and of vigilance on the dangers. Three thick necklaces surround his neck, waist, and right ankle. From the central collar, as a belt, hang the machete and the knife. It looks like an artistic hairstyle of linked locks of those that stand out two in the form of horns, with a braid in diadem that highlights the whole in the way of a royal crown or a helmet. It's a ikengaprotector of the house and family, as the horns seem to show. Only the head of the family has the right to own ikenga, thanks to which you will succeed in all your companies. The ikengis not transmitted, is destroyed to the death of its owner.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
- Recorded weight
- 1 g
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