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ID: 901002621
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002621
Record Type: Character/Person

Ekwensu (Igbo spirit )

Note: Igbo trickster spirit of confusion.

Names:
Ekwensu (Igbo spirit ) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<African iconography> (P)
........<African characters> (P)
............Ekwensu (Igbo spirit ) (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)
role/characteristic is .... trickster
.....(people by activity, 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:
Ekwensu (Igbo spirit )
................National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-)

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