EXHIBITION
DEDICATED TO THE URHOBO PEOPLE OF
Perkins Foss, Ph. D.
Guest Curator
Female figure (inene)
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Female figure (inene) Wood, pigment. H. 110 cm. National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution This statue represents a mature woman, one beyond child-bearing age. She wears at her wrists ivory bracelets called ikoro (singular, ukoro) that indicate her high status. |
