 When a person does not become successful with hard work the Ikenga has 'fallen' and is seen as a sign of danger, if meditation and cajoling the Ikenga fails, the sculpture is 'thrown down' and broken which spiritually kills the Ikenga; a new one is carved to replace it.Ikenga figures are common cultural artefacts ranging for six inches to 6 feet high and can be humanistic or highly stylised.There are anthropomorphic, architectonic, and abstract cylindrical Ikenga sculptures.