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ID: 901002620
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002620
Record Type: Character/Person

Chukwu (Igbo deity)

Note: Igbo supreme deity.

Names:
Chukwu (Igbo deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
Chiukwu (Igbu deity) (English-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<African iconography> (P)
........<African characters> (P)
............Chukwu (Igbo deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
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)
culture/religion is .... Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture)
.....(Igbo region, Southern Nigerian styles, West African (general), African by cultural or regional designation, African (general, continental cultures), styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Chukwu (Igbo deity)
................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
Chiukwu (Igbu deity)
................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)

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