Funerary Shrine Cloth / Okun Akan Abuje of Ikot Obong, Annang-Ibibio Peoples, Nigeria
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- Accession Number
- 1987/1.251
- Title
- Funerary Shrine Cloth
- Medium and Support
- cotton applique and patchwork
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Nigeria (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Nigeria (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lewis and Margaret Zerby
- Dimensions
- 245.8 cm x 241.6 cm (96 3/4 in. x 95 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Textile
- Primary Object Type
- appliqué
- Physical Description
- Square applique cloth with two narrative registers separated by two rows of squares, each bisected with solid and factory printed/plaid cloth; top and bottom border in similar checked motif. Red, black and white predominate. Top narrative panel has a stylized leopard and six human figures in festive dress, playing musical instruments. Lower panel shows 4 figures in festive dress, and an ox feeding from a bucket. All images and figures in applique.
- Subject Matter
- Vivid, narrative appliqué cloths for funerary shrines were erected exclusively for members of the men’s ebie-owo initiation society. Shrines were erected six months to a year after a man’s death, and it was not until a shrine was made that his spirit could join the ancestors. These “second funerals” involved much pageantry in honor of the deceased, which is “documented” in the cloths' festive imagery.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 955 x 973
- File Size
- 138 KB
- Record
- 1987/1.251
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"Funerary Shrine Cloth; Okun Akan Abuje of Ikot Obong, Annang-Ibibio Peoples, Nigeria." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.251/1987_1.251.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
