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The Ibo and Ekoi people live in Eastern Nigeria. Among the Ibo, the Ekpo secret society uses a variety of masks for paying tribute to their ancestors who they believe are in charge of their well-being. Mask features may be calm or fierce in…

This totem has a male figure standing on the right, and a female figure on the left, with upturned open palms. They are standing on top of a block-like post with carved relief ancestral faces. The totem reminds a couple that cultural and tribal…