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Title	Artist	Medium & Support	Creation Date
Bar with Figurines		wood with paint	1000 - 1470 CE
Grave Post		algaroba wood	1000 - 1470 CE
Ceremonial Staff		wood and paint	1470 - 1532 CE
Saint Joseph	Schwanthaler, Thomas	wood with polychromy	17th century
Staff	Philpot, David	wood with copper, glass, pen	1994
Staff		wood with pyrography	19th century
Power Figure (Nkisi)		wood, cowrie shells, fiber, and palm oil	20th century
Portrait Mask (lipiko)		wood with human hair, paint and pigment	ca. 1940
The Funerary Figure of Ptah-Solar-Osiris		wood, plaster, and paint	ca. 50 BCE - 50 CE
Pair of Sandals (mtalawanda)		wood with silver and copper	ca. late 19th century - 20th century
Ceremonial Cup		wood	early 20th century
Divination Instrument (kakishi)		wood	early 20th century
Efe-Gelede Cap Mask (Apasa)		wood with indigo and white	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
Seated Female Figure (Staff Finial)		wood	early 20th century
Female Figure (nkisi)		wood and porcelain	early 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
Storage Chest		wood with copper, brass, iron, and pigment	early 20th century – mid 20th century
Catholic Nun Figure	Otooro	wood and pigment	late 1950s
Shango Devotee Maternity Figure with Bowl		wood and pigment	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
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
Miniature Shrine Figures		wood	late 19th century - early 20th century
Divination Bowl (Agere ifa)		wood	mid 19th century
Ceremonial Cup (Kopa)		wood	mid 20th century
Crest Mask (Chi Wara)		wood, beads	mid 20th century
Bowl for Divination Implements (Opon Igede)	Areogun	wood	mid 20th century
Seated Female Figure		wood	mid 20th century
Dance Wand (Eshu)		wood	mid 20th century
Whistle		wood	mid 20th century
Elepant Spirit Crest Mask (Ogbodo Enyi)		wood and metal	mid 20th century
Cap Mask (Mbuya)		wood and pigment	mid 20th century - late 20th century
Cap Mask (Pumbu)		wood, pigment, cloth, and fiber	mid 20th century - late 20th century