Ancestor Figure (Ekpu)
Object type: Ancestor figure
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Ibibio peoples, Oron group
Date: 18th–19th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: H. 27 × W. 4 1/4 × D. 4 7/8 in. (68.6 × 10.8 × 12.4 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:    Calabar Province Nigeria  
Credit line: Purchase, Acquisitions Benefit 2006, and Ross Family Fund and  Daniel and Marian Malcolm Gifts, 2007
Accession year: 2007
Tags: Human Figures