Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Ibibio wooden figure seated on a barrel, Nigeria
1969-04
African history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Original text on slide reads, "Ibibio wooden figure seated on a barrel. Probably from a shrine of the Idiong. The superior grade of the Ekpo (Spirit) Society. Formerly the main Ibibio Organization for Social Control Design like Art Nouveau. 35 inches. Wears Idiong ring. Indicates wearer's rank".
- Collection
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
- Archival grouping
- Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Ibibio
- Catalog date
- 1969-04
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Houlberg, Marilyn
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0994
Collection: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection