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Title	Artist	Medium & Support	Creation Date
Men's Weave Cloth		cotton and wool	20th century
Face Mask (olojufoforo)		wood and pigment	20th century
Ceremonial Stool		wood	20th century
Marionette		wood, metal, fiber, and cloth	20th century
Storehouse Figure (tadep)		wood and chalky paint	20th century
Rhythm Pounder (siibele)		wood	20th century
Kneeling Female Figure with Bowl (olumeye)		wood with indigo and pigment	20th century
Bottle Stopper Representing the Wife of a Chief		wood, pigment, earring	20th century
Bottle Stopper Representing a Spirit (anjenu)		wood and pigment	20th century
Doll		wood and beads	20th century
Standing Figure		wood and pigment	20th century
Adire Cloth (eleko)		cotton with indigo	20th century
Hand-held Cross		wood	20th century
Water Pot		terracotta	20th century
Tent Pole		wood	20th century
Tent Pole		wood	20th century
Face Mask		brass and wood	20th century
Power Figure (Nkisi)		wood, cowrie shells, fiber, and palm oil	20th century
Pair of Ancestor Cult Figures		wood with red pigment	20th century
Cloth (Factory Print)		cotton with commercial dyes	before 1960
Staff of Office		brass	ca. 1180 - 1897
Bound Figure		terracotta	ca. 12th century - 15th century
Commemorative Head Fragment		terracotta	ca. 17th century - 18th century
Christ Figure		brass	ca. 17th century - early 18th century
Crucifix		brass	ca. 17th century - early 18th century
Animal Figure		ivory	ca. 1880
Ceremonial Sword		brass	ca. 1897 - 1925
Bridal Veil (siyaya)		beads	ca. 1920 - 1930
Backskirt (isithimba)		beads and leather	ca. 1920 - 1930
Portrait Mask (lipiko)		wood with human hair, paint and pigment	ca. 1940
The Feast of Temqat (Epiphany)	Wende, Wondimu	paint on cloth	ca. 1968
Three Scenes from the Life of the Emperor Theodore (Tewodros)	Wende, Wondimu	paint on cloth	ca. 1968
Justice of the Emperor Theodore (Tewodros)	Wende, Wondimu	paint on cloth	ca. 1968
The Battle of Adwa	Wende, Wondimu	paint on cloth	ca. 1970
The Darg, at the First Anniversary of the Battle of Adwa	Wende, Wondimu	paint on cloth	ca. 1970
Hunting	Unknown Artist	paint on cloth	ca. 1970
Commemorative Head		terracotta	ca. 19th century
Composition No. 10	Ekpuk, Victor	graphite and pastel on paper	ca. 2011
Moon Walk	Ekpuk, Victor	pastel, acrylic, graphite, and collage on paper	ca. 2012
The Bowl is Full	Ekpuk, Victor	pastel, acrylic, graphite, and collage on paper	ca. 2012
Head		terracotta	ca. 500 BCE - 300 CE
Royal Hip Mask		bronze	ca. late 17th century - 18th century
Pair of Sandals (mtalawanda)		wood with silver and copper	ca. late 19th century - 20th century
Ibeji Figure		wood, nails, cowrie shells, and camwood powder	early 20th century
Ceremonial Cup		wood	early 20th century
Divination Instrument (kakishi)		wood	early 20th century
Shrine Sculpture		terracotta	early 20th century
Efe-Gelede Cap Mask (Apasa)		wood with indigo and white	early 20th century
Female Power Figure		wood and feathers	early 20th century
Pair of Beaded Dance Regalia Panels (yata)		cloth, leather, and multicolored glass beads	early 20th century
Face Mask (Ninea-Gla)		wood, metal, and chalk	early 20th century
Ibeji Figure	Master of the Archaic Smile	wood	early 20th century
Water Spirit Head Crest (Pipligbo)		wood and pigment	early 20th century
Ibeji Figure		wood and beads	early 20th century
Water Spirit Head Crest (Pipligbo)		wood	early 20th century
Helmet Mask for Sande Initiation Society		wood	early 20th century
Seated Female Figure (Staff Finial)		wood	early 20th century
Power Figure (Nkisi)		wood, lizard, bushbuck horn, and medicinal substances	early 20th century
Female Figure (nkisi)		wood and porcelain	early 20th century
Crest Mask (Chi Wara)		wood, raffia, and brass	early 20th century - mid 20th century
Face Mask (Ichahoho or Adomanyi)	Okati of Ojakpama Village	wood, pigment, and kaolin	early 20th century - mid 20th century
Equestrian Dance Wand (oshe shango)	Aribokana, Onakunle	wood and beads	early 20th century - mid 20th century
Bush Buffalo Mask		wood and pigment	early 20th century - mid 20th century
Helmet Mask (Sowei)		wood	early 20th century - mid 20th century
Spirit Spouse Figure (Blolo Bian)		wood	early 20th century - mid 20th century
Face Mask (Gle)		wood and fiber	early 20th century - mid 20th century
Female Figure with Beads (Akua'ba)		wood	early 20th century - mid 20th century
Storage Chest		wood with copper, brass, iron, and pigment	early 20th century – mid 20th century
Catholic Nun Figure	Otooro	wood and pigment	late 1950s
Pair of Standing Figures (alusi)		wood (camwood) and paint	late 19th century
Shango Devotee Maternity Figure with Bowl		wood and pigment	late 19th century
Crest Mask (sapele)		sapele (wood), ceramic, and brass	late 19th century
Female Standing Figure (alusi)		wood (camwood) and paint	late 19th century
Male Standing Figure (alusi)		wood (camwood) and paint	late 19th century
Ancestor Figure (Sigiti)		wood	late 19th century - early 20th century
Kneeling Female Figure with Child		wood	late 19th century - early 20th century
Ceremonial Cup		wood	late 19th century - early 20th century
Pair of Figures (male and female)		wood and iron	late 19th century - early 20th century
Miniature Initiation Mask		wood, pigment, and raffia	late 19th century - early 20th century
Chief's Stool		wood, brass tacks, and beads	late 19th century - early 20th century
Shrine Figure of Dog		wood	late 19th century - early 20th century
Side Blown Trumpet		ivory	late 19th century - early 20th century
Sculptural Element From a Reliquary Ensemble (Mbulu Ngulu)		wood, brass, iron, and copper	late 19th century - early 20th century
Miniature Shrine Figures		wood	late 19th century - early 20th century
Adire Eleko Cloth (Oloba)		cotton with indigo	late 20th century
Divination Bowl (Agere ifa)		wood	mid 19th century
Helmet Mask (epa)		wood, iron, fiber, and sacrificial substances	mid 19th century - late 19th century
Helmet Mask (epa)		wood and pigment	mid 20th century
Ceremonial Cup (Kopa)		wood	mid 20th century
Dance wand (Eshu)		wood, hide, cowrie shells, fiber, medicinal bundles, indigo	mid 20th century