Igbo Terracotta Ntekpe Figure

A hand-modelled terracotta figure of a seated male with a broad face and an asymmetric coiffure. Traces of pigment survive in a linear pattern over a grey, encrusted surface. Ntekpe figures are protective shrine images made by female potters, either commissioned following divination or bought at market. Compare Cole and Aniakor, Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos, p. 81. Mounted on a custom base.