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    The document compares and contrasts two cultural artifacts: the Ikenga from Nigeria and the Reliquary figure from Gabon, Africa. The Ikenga is a wooden carving of a deity that represents human endeavor and brings wealth and protection to its owners. The Reliquary figure is an abstract wooden and iron statue less than two feet tall that was used to protect human remains and other sacred objects stored within from evil spirits. Both represent important cultural symbols, but the Ikenga is a personal god statue while the Reliquary figure guarded relics in containers.

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    The document compares and contrasts two cultural artifacts: the Ikenga from Nigeria and the Reliquary figure from Gabon, Africa. The Ikenga is a wooden carving of a deity that represents human endeavor and brings wealth and protection to its owners. The Reliquary figure is an abstract wooden and iron statue less than two feet tall that was used to protect human remains and other sacred objects stored within from evil spirits. Both represent important cultural symbols, but the Ikenga is a personal god statue while the Reliquary figure guarded relics in containers.

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    The document compares and contrasts two cultural artifacts: the Ikenga from Nigeria and the Reliquary figure from Gabon, Africa. The Ikenga is a wooden carving of a deity that represents human endeavor and brings wealth and protection to its owners. The Reliquary figure is an abstract wooden and iron statue less than two feet tall that was used to protect human remains and other sacred objects stored within from evil spirits. Both represent important cultural symbols, but the Ikenga is a personal god statue while the Reliquary figure guarded relics in containers.

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    Emily Mitchell

    April 27th, 2017

    Period 7

    Compare and contrast: #176 vs. #179

    Ikenga is a horned deity found among the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria. It is one of

    the most powerful symbols of the Igbo people, and the most common cultural artifact. Made of

    wood, these carvings are statues with both human and animal-like qualities. This is an

    informational structure because it shows the different kinds of elements a warrior in this time

    period possessed. It can be a couple inches in length and can be abstract or it can be very true to

    what it seems. Ikenga is a personal god of human endeavor, achievement, success, and victory.

    Ikenga is grounded in the belief that the power for a man to accomplish things is in his right

    hand. It is believed by its owners to bring wealth and fortune as well as protection.

    The Reliquary figure (byeri) created in the 1800s is a statue made of wood and iron and

    no more than two feet tall. Additionally, these figures are of the Fang tribe in Gabon, Africa.

    Considered a more conceptual piece of artwork, it is very abstract, even having cylindrical limbs.

    The figure is very symmetrical and geometric lacking contrast. The function of the Reliquary

    figure (byeri) was to overlook containers of relics protecting special items such as human

    remains, beads, medicine, or other sacred objects from evil spirits who approached it. In the

    belief that skulls and certain bones of great men retained their supernatural powers after death,

    the Fang, Kota, Sango, and Tsogo peoples venerated and preserved such remains. These

    containers could be made of bark or woven plant fibers. The sculpted guardians protected the
    relics from malicious humans and evil spirits and served as a point of contact between the

    ancestral relics and designated family members.

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