Ritual Altar, (Ofo, Ovo)
Dateearly 20th century
Object number2007.245
Photo CreditPhoto by Tom Joyce
Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998Published ReferencesCole, Herbert M. and Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos. Los Angeles: University of California, 1984 p.28-29
Poynor, Robin. African Art at the Harn Museum: Spirit Eyes, Human Hands. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 1995 p. 116-117
Anderson, Martha G. and Philip M. Peek, eds. Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta. Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2002
Bentor, Eli, Life as an Artistic Process: Igbo Ikenga and Ofo, African Arts Vol. 21, No. 2-2-88Credit LinePartial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn
Dimensions2 x 7 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (5.1 x 18.4 x 8.3 cm)
MediumCast copper alloy
Object number: 2007.244
Object number: 2007.246
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