Maternity
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Provenance
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, GermanySize
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch
Description
terracotta, reddish coating, base
This figure presumably was part of a shrine. The figures posted there were called “ntekpe” and they were looked upon as “children” of the shrine and it´s deity. Their function was to protect the inhabitants of the house and to help when needed.
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Erde und Erz, München 1997, p. 255, ill. 496Publications
AHDRC: 0153521