Shrine figure "ikenga" · Nigeria, Ishan (Esan) · ID: 3048058
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Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
Ishan is the anglicised form of “Esan”, that people of this community originally called themselves. The name is derived from “e san fua” - “those who have fled”. For many Ishan communities trace their ancestry back to the people who once left the kingdom of Benin to avoid repression or escape justice there.
The object Shrine figure “ikenga” with the object ID 3048058 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 224.
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