Ikenga Madu Igbo stature, Nigeria, c. 1970

The Ikenga statue represents a dignitary seated on a chair and wearing a high headdress with three heads, snakes and animals intertwined. In each hand he holds powerful symbols, a spear with a human head and an elephant tusk. They are considered gods that symbolize success and victory. They are characterized by complex hairstyles that, once again, use the theme of horns. These statues are displayed during ceremonies and strengthen the sense of community solidarity. Reproduced from the catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p.-28 right. Height: 126 cm
 
Exhibitions:
2022-2024 Island of Fuerteventura “Art Africa: Ancestral Light”. Lighthouse of the Entallada. Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
2021-2022 Panama City. Government of Panama. “Art Africa: the spirit of the ancestors”. Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Casco Viejo.
2019-2020 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent”. Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo.
2013-2015 Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (Madao). La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia.
2005 “Black Africa”, Leather Museum.
2004 “Black Africa”. Caixa Laietana Foundation, Barcelona. Main exhibition hall