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[[File:Igbo wooden complex.JPG|thumb|right|Igbo Wooden Complex, [[British Museum]]]]
'''Igbo art''' ({{Lang-ig|'''Ǹkà Igbo'''}}) is any piece of visual art originating from the [[Igbo people]]. The Igbo produce a wide variety of art including traditional figures, masks, artifacts and textiles, plus works in metals such as bronze. Artworks from the Igbo have been found from as early as 9th century with the bronze artifacts found at [[Igbo Ukwu]]. With processes of colonization and imperialism, the vocabulary of fine art and art history came to interact with established traditions. Therefore, the term can also refer to contemporary works of art produced in response to global demands and interactions.
The relative lack of centralization that characterized Igbo forms of governance has resulted in greater difficulties in terms of the scholarly study of artistic productions. Lacking the expansive and hierarchical as well as widespread mythology of, for example, the Yoruba, Igbo art is more localized. As such, general studies of Igbo art do not exist.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ottenberg|first=Simon|date=February 1983|title=Igbo and Yoruba Art Contrasted|journal=African Arts|volume=16|issue=2|pages=48–55, 97–98|doi=10.2307/3335850|jstor=3335850}}</ref> An added difficulty in studying Igbo art is that there is no clear consensus on who counts as being a member of the Igbo culture. There is often a tension between self-identification and external classification which means that the identity is fluid and continually re-negotiated.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cole|first=Herbert M.|date=1988|title=Igbo Arts and Ethnicity: Problems and Issues|journal=African Arts|volume=21|issue=2|pages=26–27+93|doi=10.2307/3336525|issn=0001-9933|jstor=3336525}}</ref> Understanding the developments of Igbo art production is often hindered by the assumption that forms of "traditional" art remain unchanging.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ogbechie|first=Sylvester Okwunodu|date=2005|title=The Historical Life of Objects African Art History and the Problem of Discursive Obsolescence|journal=African Arts|volume=38|issue=4|pages=62–95|issn=0001-9933|jstor=20447736|doi=10.1162/afar.2005.38.4.62}}</ref>
Many art pieces were stolen during the colonial period. In 2020, art historian [[Okeke-Agulu]] called on auction house [[Christie's]] to cancel its planned Paris sale of two Igbo sculptures, which were stolen during colonialism.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Obi-Young |first1=Otosirieze |title=Art Historian Chika Okeke-Agulu Calls for Cancellation of Paris Auction of Igbo Sculptures |url=https://folio.ng/art-historian-chika-okeke-agulu-calls-for-cancellation-of-paris-auction-of-igbo-sculptures/ |website=Folio Nigeria |accessdate=17 August 2020}}</ref> The auction went ahead.
==Masks==
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=== Eze Nwanyi mask ===
Otherwise known as the Queen of Women, this mask represents a wealthy, senior wife and grandmother who commands enormous respect in the village. She embodies the ultimate feminine ideals of strength, wisdom, beauty, stature and dignity, and is a leader among women.<ref name=BMA>{{cite book|last=
This mask is worn in performances that occur at funerals and ceremonies that purify the village and other communal places.<ref name=BMA
=== Agbogho mmuo ===
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== External links ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081015034453/http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/jmccall/jones/ GI Jones Photographic Archive of southeastern Nigeria]
*http://www.hamillgallery.com/IGBO/IgboDoors/IgboDoors.html
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