Fetish Idol / Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Ekoi

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Accession Number: 1971/1.187
Title: Fetish Idol
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Ekoi
Artist Nationality: Cameroonian
Medium and Support: carved wood, antelope skin and vegetable pigment
Object Creation Date: 1900-1971
Object Creation Place: Africa (continent); Cameroon (nation)
Creation Place 1: Africa (continent)
Creation Place 2: Cameroon (nation)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. George Baumgartner
Dimensions: 39.7 cm (15 5/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Sculpture
Primary Object Type: figure
Primary Keywords: african; cult images; fetish figures; figurines; idols; woodwork
Secondary Keywords: descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; religion; religions; religious visual works; sculpture; sculpture by function; sculpture by subject type; statues; visual works; visual works by function; visual works by medium or technique
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 779 x 1351
File Size: 55 KB
Record: 1971/1.187
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-1.187/1971_1.187full.jpg

In public portfolios: African images: art and ornament (25); Faces Figures (111); Faces Figures unrestricted (60)

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Full citation: "Fetish Idol; Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Ekoi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-1.187/1971_1.187full.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.