Ethnographic Objects
Wooden Face Mask
Local Name:Ekpo
Oblong wooden face mask with hairdo carved to the fore head, slit eyes, pointed nose, showing dentition extended chin
1974
Wooden Face Mask
Local Name:Ekpo
Face mask painted black with hollowed eyes, small nose, a mouth. Jute is attached to the perforated holes on the head of the object.
Ancestral Figure
Local Name:Ekpu
A male figure carved to a base (the base is chipped off) with a knob-like cap structured on the head, incisions on the sides of the ears and simplified facial features. it is holding a sickle shaped staff on each hand and has body markings in its protruding stomach.
76
Ancestral figure
Local Name:Ekpu
Elongated male figure with conical shape hat structured on the head simplified face with small eyes and plaited long beards. it has small human figures resting on with arms bulbous seven-shaped abdomen with pronounced navel and genital and short legs on a base
441
Bronze Pendant
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casted metal representing Ram head on it are cross hatch geometrical designs running from the forehead to the nose, three vertical lines on the upper lip and circular rings on the base.
1956
Manilla
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A plain Manilla bangle with slightly curved edge.
1990
Brass Manilla
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A Brass Bangle with geometric lines
1992
Manilla Bangle
Local Name:Mindua
A metal alloy bangle with hexagon edges and covered with geometric designs.
1964
Manilla
Local Name:
A plain metal alloy bangle.
1972
Skin Covered head mask
Local Name:Isi Ekpe
Skin Covered head Mask with long neck.
1971
Talking Drum
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Hair-Glass shape talking drum with double membrane and leather rope.
1960
Bronze Jug
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Benin bronze moulded on four human legs. the knob is in human form, snake handle and on the body are human heads and two geometric lines round the body
1953
Brass Ogboni Staff
Local Name:Edan Ogboni
Brass Ogboni Staff depicting a standing female figure with a loop on the head and holding her breast. it rests on a tiny handle.
1974
Ogboni Staff
Local Name:Edan Ogboni
Kneeling figure with prominent features, prominent hairstyle, long prominent ears holding both breasts. the hook on the end of the staff is flattened, curved and has three holes.
1963
Calabash Container (Puanra)
Local Name:Puanra
A calabash container with a slightly flared rim, long narrow neck, and rounded body. The surface is incised with geometric and zoomorphic patterns.
1952
Straw Strainer
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A straw strainer with intricate herringbone weaving, flared rim with a wood attached to represent handle.
1969
Raffia Beret (Dara)
Local Name:Dara
A woven-raffia beret with its rim taped with leather.
2001
Straw Strainer
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A straw strainer with intricate herringbone weaving. It has a flared rim.
2008
Calabash Spoon
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A calabash spoon with engraved geometric decorations.
1950
Lidded Calabash Bowl
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A lidded calabash bowl with metallic loop handles atop the lid and at the side of the bowl. The lid is decorated with dotted patterns while the rim of the bowl is decorated with rectangular patterns. The lid and bowl are fastened together with tiny ropes.
1972