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Title | Artist | Medium & Support | Creation Date |
Helmet Mask (epa) | wood and pigment | mid 20th century | |
Animal Figure | wood | possibly 18th century | |
Helmet Mask | wood | ||
Standing Male Figure | wood with pigment | 1918 - 1939 | |
Animal Figure | ivory | ca. 1880 | |
Christ Figure | brass | ca. 17th century - early 18th century | |
Face Mask | straw and grass | ||
Miniature Masked Dancer Figure (tourist piece) | bronze | ||
Incense Burner with Fragment of Lamp Disc | bronze | probably 20th century | |
Panel Headpiece | carved wood and rattan | 20th century | |
Helmet Mask With Spiked Crest | wood with red pigment | ||
Female Figure (akua'ba) | black wood | 20th century | |
Mask | wood, metal, and cloth | 20th century | |
Standing Female Figure | brass | 20th century | |
Crescent Ankle Bracelet | brass | 20th century | |
Male Figure (bateba) | wood | 20th century | |
Wooden Lintel | wood | 20th century | |
Ikenga Figure | wood with pigment, cloth, magic materials (blood, chicken feathers) | 20th century | |
Ifa Divination Tray (Opon-Ifa) | wood and pigment | 20th century | |
Female Ere Ibeji Figure | wood | 20th century | |
Male Ere Ibeji Figure | wood | 20th century | |
Helmet Mask | wood | ||
Face Mask | wood with kaolin | ||
Three Legged Stool | wood | 20th century | |
Wooden Lintel | wood | 20th century | |
Helmet Mask (agbogho mmuo) | wood and pigment | 19th century | |
Stool | wood | possibly late 19th century | |
Stool | wood | possibly late 19th century | |
Standing Figure | wood and pigment | 20th century | |
Standing Female Figure | wood | 20th century | |
Dance Headdress | wood with polychrome | 20th century | |
Reliquary Guardian Figure | wood, stain, and metal | possibly late 19th century | |
Face Mask | wood, raffia, and pigment | ||
Divination Bowl (Agere ifa) | wood with polychrome | ||
Female Ere Ibeji Figure | wood with beads and indigo | 20th century | |
Female Ere Ibeji Figure | wood with beads and indigo | 20th century | |
Face Mask | wood | ||
Helmet Mask (Bundu society) | wood | ||
Cap Mask (possibly egungun ) | wood and metal | ||
Helmet Mask (hemba) | wood | ||
Helmet Mask (mboom), incorrectly reworked for resale on market | wood with monkey fur, metal, beads, cowrie shells, and seeds | ||
Initiation Mask (nkanda) | wood, pigment, basketry, and bamboo | ||
Eshu Dance Staff Finial | wood and cloth | ||
Cap Mask (Mbuya) | wood and pigment | mid 20th century - late 20th century | |
Hand Held Hoe | wood and metal | ||
Cap Mask (Pumbu) | wood, pigment, cloth, and fiber | mid 20th century - late 20th century | |
Face Mask | wood | ||
Half Figure | wood | ||
Bearded Head | wood | ||
Hunter's Decoy in Shape of a Bird | wood, antelope skin, and bird head | ||
Monkey Mask | wood | ||
Female Figure | wood with kaolin and beads | ||
Female Figure (akua'mma) | wood and beads | ||
Ibeji Figure | wood, nails, cowrie shells, and camwood powder | early 20th century | |
Heddle Pulley | wood and copper nails | 20th century | |
Standing Female Figure (nyeleni) | wood, metal tacks, and cloth | ||
Face Mask | wood with kaolin and string | ||
Cap Mask in Shape of a Human Head | wood, antelope skin, kaolin, and basketry | ||
Male Torso (fragment) | wood | ||
Elephant Mask (tso) | cloth, raffia, and beads | ||
Ceremonial Cup (Kopa) | wood | mid 20th century | |
Ceremonial Cup (Kopa) | wood | ||
Ceremonial Cup | wood | early 20th century | |
Ceremonial Comb | wood | ||
Comb | wood | ||
Female Figure | wood and beads | ||
Female Figure | wood and beads | ||
Ere Ibeji Male Figure | wood and beads | ||
Ere Ibeji Female Figure | wood with brass, beads, and pigment | ||
Adze | wood and metal | ||
Fragment of a Standing Female Figure | wood | ||
Knife Handle | wood | ||
Face Mask | wood | ||
Helmet Mask (agbogho mmuo) | wood with pigment and kaolin | ||
Dance wand (Eshu) | wood, hide, cowrie shells, fiber, medicinal bundles, indigo | mid 20th century | |
Door Panel | wood with metal and indigo | ||
Ceremonial Court Drum | wood and skin | ||
Door Lock | wood | ||
Ceremonial Staff | wood | ||
Throwing Knife | iron, brass, and wood | ||
Knife | iron and wood | ||
Divination Instrument (kakishi) | wood | early 20th century | |
Face Mask | wood | ||
Headrest | wood and leather | ||
Rattle | wood | 20th century | |
Crest Mask (Chi Wara) | wood, raffia, and brass | early 20th century - mid 20th century | |
Face Mask | wood | ||
Helmet Mask (Aguru Epa) | wood and pigment | ||
Poro Society Mask | wood and quills | ||
Ceremonial Sword | brass | ca. 1897 - 1925 |
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