Ethnographic Objects
Headdress
Local Name:Mama
Wooden headdress of a buffalo flanked left and right by the horns. A snout and the horns surmount adome hollowed out to accommodate the head of the weaver. It is worn during masquerading aimed at providing healing
1965
Headdress
Local Name:Gelede
A wooden headdress surmounted by a cock, pecking on a snake and on both temples are snakes
`1958
Metal Bell
Local Name:Ayajo Ogboni
A conical metal bell resting on a round base
1974
Metal Gong
Local Name:Agogo Ifa
Metal conical double gong
1970
Wooden Face Mask
Local Name:Ekpo
Wooden facemask with a cap designed with a band and three dots, tribal marks on both sides of the ears and forehead, hollow eyes and showing dentition
1974
Headdress
Local Name:Ekoi
A skin-covered wooden headdress on a circular cane bas. On the head is a crest and the facial features are naturalistic
1948
Wooden Skin Headdress
Local Name:Ekoi
A Skin-Covered wooden headdress on a cane base. Its eyes and mouth, are painted white and it has a protruding neck
1974
Headdress
Local Name:Gelede
A wooden headdress wearing a cap with interwoven lines forming a turban. It has perforated eyes and two fangs sticking out of the mouth.
1949
Wooden Slit Drum
Local Name:Elepe Obu
Cylindrical slit drum with wide hollow hole at the top but convex at the base
1972
Double Metal Gong
Local Name:
Double metal gong with flat oval shape and fish like opening. It is used to disseminate communal information
1956
Wooden Slit Drum
Local Name:Ekwe
A cylindrical wooden slit gong with a drum stick and at the top are two stumps of wood that serves as a handle.
1973
Wooden Gong
Local Name:Ekwe Ogbu
Rectangular Slit wood gong
1973
Wooden Gong
Local Name:Ekwe Nze
Rectangular slit wooden gong hollowed at one end to form the handle. It is beaten with a stick
1972
Slit Drum
Local Name:Ilu
A cylindrical slit drum with human head with phallus-like hairdo
1965
Wooden Slit Drum
Local Name:
Cylindrical slit drum with a handle
1959
Calabash Gourd
Local Name:
A calabash decorated with symmetrical geometric engravings and by burning.A leather rope is attached to the neck to serve as handle.
Palmwine Gourd
Local Name:Agbe Emu
A gourd decorated with symmetric geometric engravings with rope tied to the neck.
1971
Wooden Spoon
Local Name:
Wooden Spoon with a stylized anthropomorphic handle that feature an abstract uman face and incised lines. the face has oblong hairstyle, simplified and facial feature and a pair of diagonal tribal markings on both cheeks
1973
A Par of Wooden Spoons
Local Name:
A Pair of Wooden spoon with handles decorated with open work carvings and geometric incisions
1957
Raffia basket
Local Name:
A Raffia basket with four handles made of Raffia
1959
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:Waterspirit Headdre
A wooden Water Spirit headdress representing six abstract male figures on a canoe, with a ragged jute to represent fishing net, and each male wearing a black cap and red loincloth. the boat surmounts a concave dome to which is atached woven cane. it is painted red, black, green and white.
1973
Native Body Cream
Local Name:Udeh
Brownish body cream with a spherical upper part and a smaller round lower part
1974
Glass beads
Local Name:
Six stringed purple, peach and blue glass beads
1992
Flywhisk
Local Name:Irukere
Flywhiisk with beaded handle depicting an equestrian Figure
1962
Staff
Local Name:Irokefa
Wooden Staff, A female figure with an attached beaded cap, kneelng on a long pedestal adorned with coloured beads
1962
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:Waterspirit
A waterspirit headdress representing a crocodile head painted green with accents of black and white. it has a gaping mouth with serrated dentition and a metallic bell dangling from the upper lip. it has three horns at the beack with a metallic bell on the middle one. it surmounts a concaved.
1972
Cane Shield
Local Name:Edem
A cane rectangular shaped shield with spark-like pattern used to hold the cane. it has a long wooden handle at the back
1972
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:Owu
Water Spirit headdress depicting an animal sculpture on an oval shaped and cane woven on it.
1974
Woden Headdress
Local Name:Waterspirit
Wooden headdress painted in red, black and white colours. it has a protruding forehead, raised conical eyes, enlongated designs representing the beard
1966
Wooden headdress
Local Name:Owu masquerade
Waterspirit headdress representing one central and eght minature faces on an elongated wood structure and with stains of orange and white pigment, each face has cylindrical eyes triangular nose and square mouth, with the centered face featuring sharp triangular dentition
1955
Clay Bowl
Local Name:
A Clay bowl with four segmented.
1964
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:
Wooden headdress depicting crocodile, the body design represent scales and zig-zag design under the legs with cane woven under it
1974
Ritual Pot
Local Name:
Terracotta Pot with haired rim, depiction scales the pot has a head and give human figures with a ladder
1985
Clay Pot
Local Name:
A rounded ceramic pot with thick rim and the surface embossed with intricate rlief patterns. it has a flattened base
1964
Clay Pot
Local Name:
Multicoloured clay pot with symmetric designs with a circular mouth. it is supported with a circular base. there are cracks on the top of the pot
1972
Clay Pot
Local Name:Osa-Ile
A Terracotta Pot with three handles. it has geometric designs and dot opening round
1974
Shield
Local Name:Kwagaru
Circular leather shield with a cone in the middle. on the inside is a long twine, used as a handle
1965
Raffia Rattle with Base
Local Name:
A conical shaped raffia rattle with enclosing bells. the lower part pf the rattle is covered with a cloth and placed on a circular raffia based
1954
Lidded Calabash
Local Name:
A Calabash representing a bowl with non-detachable lid. the lid is embossed with symmetrical dotted patterns and attached to the top and side of the bowl is incised with rectangular patterns.
1972
Gourd (Cup)
Local Name:Ife
A gourd cup with symmetric designs
1950
Calabash Spoon
Local Name:
Calabash Spoon decorated by symmetrical geometric engravings and burning
1950
Woven Basket with Lid
Local Name:
Woven Raffia basket with interwoven designs on the basket and lid. the basket has two woven handles with one on each side of the basket. Also a woven rope is tied to the handle for easy carriage
1956
Climbing Rope
Local Name:
A palmwine tappers rope made from intertwined palm frond fibre. one end is tied to from an adjustable loop lined with the outer bark of the woodrib of palm frond
1988
Wooden Spoon
Local Name:
Wooden spoon with a stylized anthropomorphic handle that features an abstract human face and incised lines. the elongated face has its head framed with pointed triangular like arch with simplfied facial features and a pair of diagonal tribal markings on both cheeks.
1973
Wooden Spoon
Local Name:Sibi Obe
Wooden Spoon with a long handle decorated with engraved designs on both sides.
1959
Calabash Bowl
Local Name:
A calabash bowl decorated inside and out with symmetrical and intricate geometric engravings and burning.
1971
Climbling Rope
Local Name:Igba
Pair of palmwine tapper's climbing rope made from intertwined palm frond fibre with a curved palmfrond midrib tied around the support connected by a knot
1988
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Igede
A wooden goblet drum with the membrane attached to the mouth with leather twain strings of cane are interwined into the twain and it extends to the mid-section and held together by two rings of cane
1972
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Egede
Drum with Single membrane fastened to the body of the drum by cane rope. it has a square opening and three triangular shaped openingat the botom
1973
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Bata
Wooden Drum with leather membrane at both ends. it has leather and cane stripes all over the body, a leather stripe ised in hanging it on the shoulder.
1968
Calabash Rattle
Local Name:Eyisa
A calabash rattle with strikers of seeds held together with a cotton twain.
1974
Calabash Rattle
Local Name:Sekere Oosa
Gourd decorated with cowries twined together all around the middle of the gourd to produce sound
1974
Calabash Rattle
Local Name:Sere Sango
An Oval calabash rattle with a tapered lower part
1951
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Bembe Oya
A Cylindrical drum with leather membrane at the top and bottom and it is held firm with leather twain that criss-cross the drum. it has a leather strap attached to the drum
1967
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Bembe Oya
A wooden double membrane drum with leather twain used to fasten the leather membrane to the base of the drum
1965
Talking Drum
Local Name:Dundun
Minature drum carved from a single wood in talking drum style, with circular shape handle
1983
Talking Drum
Local Name:Isaju
Squat hair-like shaped drum with double membrane with leather rope tied in vertical lines from the top to bottom and the drum stick attached to it
1966
Drum
Local Name:Igbaji
Cylindrical drum of single membrane with geometric designs all around it. it has four stumps attached to four sides and textile tied to one of the stumps and handle
1948
Drum
Local Name:Ekomo (War Drum)
Wooden Drum with a leather membrane and cane stripes on the body. the lower part is tapered
1954
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Gudugudu
Drum with short cylindrical wooden body, double membrane one at each end, a network of leather strings around the wooden body and a ragged textile to form the handle.
1966
Sango Staff
Local Name:
Staff with human head and hair parted into two mounds, bulgy eyes and tribal marking on both cheeks. it has seven metal rings all around it and pointes metal tip.
1986
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Nkpara Ozo
Staff with a knob at the top. it is designed with metal, spiral and studs all over it. it has a pointed metal tip
2004
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Alo Nze
Wooden Staff carved in three segments. at the top is diamond shape with two heads joined back to back at the head.
1956
Wooden Staff
Local Name:
Wooden Staff with three super structure and a human head knob. it is carved on a square base.
1952
Ancestral Figure
Local Name:National Museum Lagos
Standing male figure with a bolla hat structure on the head, simplified facial structure with pointed nose, incision on both temple and plaited beards. hands are holding objects, it has bulbous, onion shape abdomen, with pronounced naval and short legs on
2014
Ancestral Figure
Local Name:Ekpu
A Male figures standing on a circular base with a small cap structured on the head, incisions on the forehead, eye bow and sides of the eyes, simplified facial features and coiled elongated beard, it is holding two minature human figures to its chest. it has pronounced ribs, body incisions on its protruding stomach, pronounced genitals and short legs
1987
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Ofor
A stump of wood with spikes around the body and pointed tip. it has cane rings on the upper part. and round it and the body is covered with spiky projections.
1948
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Ose Sango
A wooden quadruple face Sango Staff depicting an axe. on the neck are triangular designs that represents Sango Cult. it is painted black, and indigo
1964
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Ofor
A wooden staff adorned with metal casting. An anch-like metal casting surrounded by a human face which forms its top, and a metal loop forms its base.
1998
Wooden Rattle Staff
Local Name:Uhuru
Rattle Staff with the upper representing a human head. the part below the head encloses a piece of wood to form rattle and upper tip stand. the staff is designed with geometric lines
1974
Rattle Staff
Local Name:Ukhure
Rattle Staff carved in segments, the upper segment representing a folded palm, the mid segment designed with geometric lines and encloses a piece of wood to form rattle, and surmounts an elongated stand
1960
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Ofor
Wooden Ofo Staff carved to a base with two circular projections that have intricate designs and symbols at both ends and at the middle are two reptiles representation, it serves as a symbol of peace, building in igbo Community.
1946
Wooden Human Figure
Local Name:
Standing wooden male figure with well defined hair-line and face painted white. it has a red painted rectangular projection on the stout neck with hands at akimbo and stout legs painted black
1974
Wooden Face mask
Local Name:Akatakpa
Face Mask with white pigments , holes on both eye lids, bulgy eyes, long nose and open mouth
1974
Wooden Leather Drum
Local Name:Ekede
Tubular wooden drum with leather covered at one end and raffia rope.
1974
Wooden Facemask
Local Name:Ibibio
A wooden face mask with conical hairdo and a naturalistic facial features. the lower part of the eyes are hollowed.
1987
Wooden Facemask
Local Name:Isi Mmawu
A wooden facemask with a well defined frontal hairline. it has slit eyes, pointed nose and a visible dentition. On both cheeks and temple are two studs and cresent marks. it is painted black and white.
1985
Bull Roarer
Local Name:Oro
Wooden bull roarer with relief carving of human figure, geometric design and a hole bored at the top
1964
Wooden Bull Roarer
Local Name:Oro
Wooden Bull roarer with relief carving of two human figure
1974
Wooden Bowl
Local Name:Agere Ifa
Wooden kneeling nude female figure with beads on the neck and wrist carrying a bowl on a base
1992
Wooden Divination Bowl
Local Name:Agere ifa
Receptacle bearing a bowl like hollow on top wth handles, supported underneath with four human figures curved on a flat base.
1979
Wooden Receptacle
Local Name:Agere Ifa
Wooden Bowl called Agere Ifa supported on a circular base by a coiled Aligator
1967
Wooden ifa Divinaation Tray
Local Name:Opon ifa
Circular diameter traywith different animals and Esu face carved on the rim
1950
Wooden Receptacle
Local Name:Agere ifa
Wooden Bowl with two handles carved on a bird with human head in its mouth on a round base
1972
Wooden Receptacle
Local Name:
Wooden bowl with two stands carved tothe base with a bird
1961
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Gbegbegunegbe
Drum wih nude kneeling male figure on a round base.
1966
Face Mask
Local Name:Ori Egun
Wooden facemask with short hons, large ears, oval perforated eyes, broad nose and a gaping mouth. it has three vertical and horizontal marks on both cheeks and a part of the jaw is chipped. it is painted black and white
1964
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Igede igoru
A cylindrical wooden drum standing on three short legs. At the upper and lower sections are leather twain and two cane rings held together by strings of cane. it has a cane handle and the mebrane is missing
1973
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Igede Ejor
Wooden Drum with sticks stitching out at both ends, only one end is covered with skin (membrane)
1974
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Ochi-Okwuye/Opa Oye)
Wooden staff adorned with an animal donkey handle
2008
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Opa
Wooden Staff with a high pointed shaft, rhythmic representation of four male and female figures each within three vertical tribal marks on each cheek holding thier chests and kneeling on a round base. the staff is coloured sparingly with white chalk and indigo blue
1986
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Okute
Wooden Staff with a knob at the top with elaborate geometric designs and pointed metal tip
1947
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Ofor
An Ofor Staff cut out from a tree log and at the upper part are a collection of cowries attached to the staff with fibre
1973
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Ofor
A Conical short ofo staff with three metal rings lining its mid-section and one at its end
1984
Wooden Staff
Local Name:Opa orisa
A wooden Staff with human head knob and it is painted black
1997
Wooden Drum
Local Name:Ilu
A single membrane long wooden drum on a circular base. it has a cotton twain fastened to the stumps of wood around the mouth and the bdy is embellished with reliefs of human engaging in various activities
1972
Wooden Headmask
Local Name:Ori Egun
Wooden head mask depicting bulgy eyes, long nose, famgs with an open mouth, showing the teeth
1965
Wooden Face mask
Local Name:
Wooden Face mask with stump of wood carved on the head.
1946
Wiooden Figure
Local Name:Ikenga
Wooden carved human head called Ikenga with two projected horns on three circular segmented base.
1971
Wooden Figure
Local Name:Ikenga
Wood carved human head with two projected horns, limbless, long pipe, suspended from the mouth.
1949
Terracota Pot
Local Name:Pito
A terracotta pot with three handles. it has geometric designs and dot opening round the mouth
1958
Calabash Bowl
Local Name:
A small round calabash bowl engraved with symmetrical geometric patterns
1959
Tobacco Pipa
Local Name:Luepy
A tobacco pipe with a spherical chamber perforated with multiple holes and its lower part representing an abstract face with simplified facial features and spiral designs. it has an attached cylindrical pipe.
1974
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:
A wooden headdress depicting animal face with two branched-like horn. Painted white, green and brown
1955
Plastic bead
Local Name:Jigida bead
One Stringed Jigida bead
1992
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:Egungun Elede
Headdress in form of a bear head called Egungun Elede. the teeth are bared and both eyes are painted with white chalk, the rest of the neck is unpainted
1964
Wooden Facemask
Local Name:Ekpo
Wooden facemask with protruding forehead, nose in between the hollow eyes, and hole in between the flapping cheeks with opened dentition.
1959
Metal Rattle
Local Name:Aja
Metal rattle with three pods
1971
Wooden Box
Local Name:Opon Obi
A rectangular wooden box with geometric designs.
1946
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:Resi Manga
Headdress broad in front and horned at two sides with snout-like mouth pigment brown
1952
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:
Wooden Headdress with three curled horn like hair do, a naturalistic facial feature and an elongated neck
1986
Cane Rattle
Local Name:
Double cane rattle with handle, weaved in a basket form withe seeds, musical instrument
1973
Basket Rattle
Local Name:Ncheche
Woven rattle musical instrument with seeds inside the basket
1960
Ekoi Headdress
Local Name:
A skin covered headdress on a circular cane base. on the head are rolls of stud-like plaits. the mustache and beard are highlighted with black paint.
1954
Skin Covered Facemask
Local Name:Ekoi
A Skin-covered wooden Janus face helmet facemask. its facial features are naturalistic
1972
Terracotta Head
Local Name:
Human Head with traditional hairdo
2014
terracotta Ritual Pot
Local Name:
Pot containing sacrificial heads
1973
Soap Stone
Local Name:Esie
Seated human figure with elaborate hairdo holding a sword in his hand
2001
Terracotta Head
Local Name:
Terracotta head with elaborate hairdo
1962
Benin Bronze Memorial Head
Local Name:
A head wearing traditional Benin crown with a helmet on the forehead. it has broad nose and wide mouth.
1979
Zither
Local Name:Ubo
Decorated calabash musical instrument blared on a cane Zithar
1956
Hand Piano
Local Name:Ubo Aka
Musical instrument made from calabash gorge with double opening and metal string.
1974
Native Guitar
Local Name:Goge
One string musical instrument made from calabash and snake skin membrane
1985
Wooden Piano
Local Name:
Box like musical instrument with a metal string attached at the top.
1973
Trumpet
Local Name:Kakaki
3 segments long metal trumpet.
1987
Local Guitar
Local Name:Goje
A round musical instrument with leather, Skin and wood attached to it, with a metal player
1963
Headdress
Local Name:Owu
Mask bearing human features with a headdress of bulbul Birds Sucking a flower
1954
Wooden Flute
Local Name:Njese
A wooden flute with shallow circular incisions on the upper, mid and lower trunck.
1965
Wooden Headdress
Local Name:Chamba
Wooden Headdress hank by a horn at the left hand. A pair of hollow opening forming nostril with raffia stuck in one of the nostrils. A snout and open jaw projecting outward. the mask is worn during rites of passage and at high grade funerals
1974
Wooden Flute
Local Name:Oohu
A wooden conical flute with an opening at the top
1960
Female Figure
Local Name:Ojibo
A standing nude female figure on a circular base. it has a crest on the head, natural facial features and the wrists, waist and legs are ornamented. it is muti-coloured.
1972
Leather Drum
Local Name:Adamo Bata
Conical wooden drum with double membrane leather roped around it with a handle
1966
Talking Drum
Local Name:Omele Bata
Wooden Leather talking drum with handle and two protective materials made of leather and cotton
1973
Equestrian Figure
Local Name:Baba Orisha
Figure of man wearing a cap (fila) with three vertical marks on the forehead, slanty eyes, a staff on both hands and riding on a horse, all carved on a base.
1974Purchased
