ID: 901002618 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002618	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ikenga (Igbo deity)

Note: Deity of the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria; depicted with horns. He is given some of the attributes of the Christian arcangel Michael.

Names:

	Ikenga (Igbo deity) (preferred,English-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<African iconography> (P)
		........<African characters> (P)
		............Ikenga (Igbo deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	has parallels with .... Michael, Archangel
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Michael, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character)) [901001176]

Other Relationships:

	flourished/active in .... Nigeria
	..... ULAN Candidate

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Ikenga (Igbo deity)
	................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
	................ Source for image https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/314139