Ibibio wooden figure seated on a barrel, Nigeria
name: label: Creator
content: Houlberg, Marilyn
label: Collection Photographer
content: Houlberg, Marilyn
creator: label: Creator
content: Houlberg, Marilyn
culture: label: Culture
content: Ibibio (African people)
label: Culture
content: Ibibio (African people)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
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content: Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Ibibio
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Slides (photographs) (Color, 35 mm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-04
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0994
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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"