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

Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress surmounted by a cock, pecking on a snake and on both temples are snakes

Metal Bell

Local Name:Ayajo Ogboni

A conical metal bell resting on a round base

Metal Gong

Local Name:Agogo Ifa

Metal conical double gong

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

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

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

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.

Wooden Slit Drum

Local Name:Elepe Obu

Cylindrical slit drum with wide hollow hole at the top but convex at the base

Double Metal Gong

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Double metal gong with flat oval shape and fish like opening. It is used to disseminate communal information

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.

Wooden Gong

Local Name:Ekwe Ogbu

Rectangular Slit wood gong

Wooden Gong

Local Name:Ekwe Nze

Rectangular slit wooden gong hollowed at one end to form the handle. It is beaten with a stick

Slit Drum

Local Name:Ilu

A cylindrical slit drum with human head with phallus-like hairdo

Wooden Slit Drum

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Cylindrical slit drum with a handle

Calabash Gourd

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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.

Wooden Spoon

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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

A Par of Wooden Spoons

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A Pair of Wooden spoon with handles decorated with open work carvings and geometric incisions

Raffia basket

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A Raffia basket with four handles made of Raffia

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.

Native Body Cream

Local Name:Udeh

Brownish body cream with a spherical upper part and a smaller round lower part

Glass beads

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Six stringed purple, peach and blue glass beads

Flywhisk

Local Name:Irukere

Flywhiisk with beaded handle depicting an equestrian Figure

Staff

Local Name:Irokefa

Wooden Staff, A female figure with an attached beaded cap, kneelng on a long pedestal adorned with coloured beads

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.

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

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Owu

Water Spirit headdress depicting an animal sculpture on an oval shaped and cane woven on it.

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

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

Clay Bowl

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A Clay bowl with four segmented.

Wooden Headdress

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Wooden headdress depicting crocodile, the body design represent scales and zig-zag design under the legs with cane woven under it

Ritual Pot

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Terracotta Pot with haired rim, depiction scales the pot has a head and give human figures with a ladder

Clay Pot

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A rounded ceramic pot with thick rim and the surface embossed with intricate rlief patterns. it has a flattened base

Clay Pot

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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

Clay Pot

Local Name:Osa-Ile

A Terracotta Pot with three handles. it has geometric designs and dot opening round

Shield

Local Name:Kwagaru

Circular leather shield with a cone in the middle. on the inside is a long twine, used as a handle

Raffia Rattle with Base

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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

Lidded Calabash

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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.

Gourd (Cup)

Local Name:Ife

A gourd cup with symmetric designs

Calabash Spoon

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Calabash Spoon decorated by symmetrical geometric engravings and burning

Woven Basket with Lid

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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

Climbing Rope

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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

Wooden Spoon

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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.

Wooden Spoon

Local Name:Sibi Obe

Wooden Spoon with a long handle decorated with engraved designs on both sides.

Calabash Bowl

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A calabash bowl decorated inside and out with symmetrical and intricate geometric engravings and burning.

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

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

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

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.

Calabash Rattle

Local Name:Eyisa

A calabash rattle with strikers of seeds held together with a cotton twain.

Calabash Rattle

Local Name:Sekere Oosa

Gourd decorated with cowries twined together all around the middle of the gourd to produce sound

Calabash Rattle

Local Name:Sere Sango

An Oval calabash rattle with a tapered lower part

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

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

Talking Drum

Local Name:Dundun

Minature drum carved from a single wood in talking drum style, with circular shape handle

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

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

Drum

Local Name:Ekomo (War Drum)

Wooden Drum with a leather membrane and cane stripes on the body. the lower part is tapered

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.

Sango Staff

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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.

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

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.

Wooden Staff

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Wooden Staff with three super structure and a human head knob. it is carved on a square base.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Wooden Human Figure

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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

Wooden Face mask

Local Name:Akatakpa

Face Mask with white pigments , holes on both eye lids, bulgy eyes, long nose and open mouth

Wooden Leather Drum

Local Name:Ekede

Tubular wooden drum with leather covered at one end and raffia rope.

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.

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.

Bull Roarer

Local Name:Oro

Wooden bull roarer with relief carving of human figure, geometric design and a hole bored at the top

Wooden Bull Roarer

Local Name:Oro

Wooden Bull roarer with relief carving of two human figure

Wooden Bowl

Local Name:Agere Ifa

Wooden kneeling nude female figure with beads on the neck and wrist carrying a bowl on a base

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.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere Ifa

Wooden Bowl called Agere Ifa supported on a circular base by a coiled Aligator

Wooden ifa Divinaation Tray

Local Name:Opon ifa

Circular diameter traywith different animals and Esu face carved on the rim

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

Wooden Receptacle

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Wooden bowl with two stands carved tothe base with a bird

Wooden Drum

Local Name:Gbegbegunegbe

Drum wih nude kneeling male figure on a round base.

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

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

Wooden Drum

Local Name:Igede Ejor

Wooden Drum with sticks stitching out at both ends, only one end is covered with skin (membrane)

Wooden Staff

Local Name:Ochi-Okwuye/Opa Oye)

Wooden staff adorned with an animal donkey handle

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

Wooden Staff

Local Name:Okute

Wooden Staff with a knob at the top with elaborate geometric designs and pointed metal tip

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

Wooden Staff

Local Name:Ofor

A Conical short ofo staff with three metal rings lining its mid-section and one at its end

Wooden Staff

Local Name:Opa orisa

A wooden Staff with human head knob and it is painted black

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

Wooden Headmask

Local Name:Ori Egun

Wooden head mask depicting bulgy eyes, long nose, famgs with an open mouth, showing the teeth

Wooden Face mask

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Wooden Face mask with stump of wood carved on the head.

Wiooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

Wooden carved human head called Ikenga with two projected horns on three circular segmented base.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

Wood carved human head with two projected horns, limbless, long pipe, suspended from the mouth.

Terracota Pot

Local Name:Pito

A terracotta pot with three handles. it has geometric designs and dot opening round the mouth

Calabash Bowl

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A small round calabash bowl engraved with symmetrical geometric patterns

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.

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden headdress depicting animal face with two branched-like horn. Painted white, green and brown

Plastic bead

Local Name:Jigida bead

One Stringed Jigida bead

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

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.

Metal Rattle

Local Name:Aja

Metal rattle with three pods

Wooden Box

Local Name:Opon Obi

A rectangular wooden box with geometric designs.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Resi Manga

Headdress broad in front and horned at two sides with snout-like mouth pigment brown

Wooden Headdress

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Wooden Headdress with three curled horn like hair do, a naturalistic facial feature and an elongated neck

Cane Rattle

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Double cane rattle with handle, weaved in a basket form withe seeds, musical instrument

Basket Rattle

Local Name:Ncheche

Woven rattle musical instrument with seeds inside the basket

Ekoi Headdress

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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.

Skin Covered Facemask

Local Name:Ekoi

A Skin-covered wooden Janus face helmet facemask. its facial features are naturalistic

Terracotta Head

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Human Head with traditional hairdo

terracotta Ritual Pot

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Pot containing sacrificial heads

Soap Stone

Local Name:Esie

Seated human figure with elaborate hairdo holding a sword in his hand

Zither

Local Name:Ubo

Decorated calabash musical instrument blared on a cane Zithar

Hand Piano

Local Name:Ubo Aka

Musical instrument made from calabash gorge with double opening and metal string.

Native Guitar

Local Name:Goge

One string musical instrument made from calabash and snake skin membrane

Wooden Piano

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Box like musical instrument with a metal string attached at the top.

Trumpet

Local Name:Kakaki

3 segments long metal trumpet.

Local Guitar

Local Name:Goje

A round musical instrument with leather, Skin and wood attached to it, with a metal player

Headdress

Local Name:Owu

Mask bearing human features with a headdress of bulbul Birds Sucking a flower

Wooden Flute

Local Name:Njese

A wooden flute with shallow circular incisions on the upper, mid and lower trunck.

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

Wooden Flute

Local Name:Oohu

A wooden conical flute with an opening at the top

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.

Leather Drum

Local Name:Adamo Bata

Conical wooden drum with double membrane leather roped around it with a handle

Talking Drum

Local Name:Omele Bata

Wooden Leather talking drum with handle and two protective materials made of leather and cotton

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.

Terracotta Human Burst

Local Name:Owo Terracotta Human Burst

Terracotta Burst of Owo human figure with a naturalistic look, blurred eyes, raised nose and mouth. on the neck is beaded necklace, the right arm extended alongside the body with part f the left hand chipped off.

Wooden Standing Male Figure

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Standing male figure on a citcular base. it wears a crest on the head, piercing oval eyes, chipped upper lap and beard. on both cheeks are three vertical tribal marks. it holds container on both hands. it is painted with black pigment.

Wooden Headdress

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Wooden headdress with a crest and on the head, the face wears bulgy eyes, broad nose, open mouth and three vertical lines, tribal marks on both cheeks. it is painted, black and brown

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Wooden Superstructure of a ram head on a circular base, surmounted by three standing birds on its rim are geometric patterns to adorn it. it is painted black, white, blue and yellow colour.

Face Mask

Local Name:Olojufoforo

Wooden Facemask called Olojufoforo. with two female figures kneeling on the super-structure of the mask. the largest one is a priestess of Osun, and an attendant, who holds a lidded bowl.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Psca

Wooden Headdress in the form of animal head, oval shaped eyes, raise ears and a bridge flaring nostrils. the face is adorned with white and red pigment. it is worn on the night of groundnut harvesting.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Otomporo

Wooden head mask representing human head with a knob on the head, geometric lines to form hairdo, bulgy eyes and a ring around the neck. the object is rubbed with red and indigo pigments.

Bronze Cock

Local Name:Okpa

Standing cock mounted on a large square base decorated by guilloche pattern. the cock is modelled with comb tail, spurs and incised patterns representing feather. Okukor is a ceremonial object displayed on an ancestral altar commemorating the strength and spiritual power of Iyaoba of Benin.

Wooden Face Mask

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Wooden face mask with a carved cap, a design on the fore head perforated eyes, drooping cheek and a pointed small nose. it is painted black.

Skin Covered Janus Helmet

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Janus-faced helmet mask has many holes bored on the hairline. Attached to the jaw is a piece of jute textile representing beards

Wooden Headdress

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Janus headdress, Yoruba Janus headdress representing Esu face, joined by a crest. the face wears bulgy eyes, broad nose, and mouth closed. on the face are vertical tribal marks and a projection to the head to beard. the face represent the unity between the ancestors and the living.

Kneeling Female Figure

Local Name:Osa Obatala

Wooden female figure, kneeling on a round base, painted black and red, with horizontal tribal markings on both cheeks, pointed breast and holding a bowl with her two hands.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden gelede headdress with white, red and indigo blue colours on the head and eyes, and designed with various lines and shapes

Skin Covered Wooden Headdress

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Skin covered human face headdress on a cane base. on its head are stud-like hair do

Wooden Flute

Local Name:Ogili

A wooden flute with a U-shaped mouth, at the mid-section are three circular incisions on an elongated base slightly curved on both sides.

Wooden FacemaskPurchased

Local Name:Isi-Omoba

A wooden facemsk painted black and white with pronounced hair line (ichi) marks on the forehead and by the sides of the ears, slited eyes pointed nose and dentition showing

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Egungbebolaja

Wooden Headdress of four male conjoined headm each head naving oblong head, naturalistic facial features, flat nose, tribal markings and red paints around the neck region

Skin Covered Janus Wooden Helmet

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Janus face skin covered helmet mask with four human face, four horns and a hole in the middle of the head with feathers

Wooden Bowl

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Semi Circular hollowed wooden bowl with two flat projections and handle at the middle of the bond on a base.

Calabash RattlPurchasede

Local Name:Sekere OosGourda

Musical Instrument made of Clabash gourd and cowry

Wooden Gong

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Half moon shape wooden gong with geometric designs and handle

Wooden Double Barrel Drum

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A pair of wooden drum carved in cylindrical shaped with cane rope attached to the waist. the drum head is made of animal skin factored to the boby by a fibre

Tsoede Bronze Human Figure (Bowman)

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Standing Bronze Figure f a Tada warrior wearing a war garment with facial striation and shaped off hands

Terracotta Human Face

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Human Face with two vertical striation on the fore head and whisker=like marks on both cheeks

Wooden Drum

Local Name:Igede

An oval shaped single membrane wooden drum with narrow mouth. Attached to the membrane are strings of cane which ends up on the rings of cane at the middle of the drum

Native Guitar and Bow

Local Name:Gege

One string musical insrument called Goge made from Calabash and snake skin, played with bow made of curved metal

Wooden Lid

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Wooden animal representing a cat with a bead on the neck probably a lid of a box

Terracotta Head

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A human head resting on a human palm. the head has sunken eyes and moustache

Bronze Ritual Pot

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A bronze pot with snake handle. on its body are representation of human and reptiles. the human and reptiles. the human figures with leg crossed, holding a staff on its right hand and charm on its left hand. the pot is decorated with generating lines

Bronze Pendant

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Leopard Head Pendant

Leopard Hip Ornament

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A metal oval shaped hip ornament depicting a leopard head with a snout, sharp teeth, slanted eyes, three raised lines depicting whiskers and ears. the lop is surrounded by swirls and button by metal loop. it is worn as costumes by the king and other chiefs at palace ritual

Calabash Rattle

Local Name:Apeiri Oba

Calabasth gourd with strings of beads tied around the neck to produce sound

Calabash Rattle

Local Name:Apeiri Oba

Calabash gourd with strings of beads tied around the neck to produce sound

Wooden Framed Mirror

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Mirror enclosed in a wooden rectangular frame which has geometric designs at the back, a loop on top and another loop at the end of the handle

A Pair of Wooden Spoons

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A pair of wooden spoons, each with handle decorated with open work carvings and geometric incisions

Mumuye Figure

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A standing wooden human figure with flappy ears, protruding naval and high feet.

Human Figure

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Nude human figure, with crest like body marks beside the ears and mid-back, naturalistic facial features, short neck, angle-like breasts, arms resting on the waist, big legs, standing on a round flat base.

Metal Rattle

Local Name:Aja

Metal Rattle with three pods

Bronze Stand

Local Name:National Museum, Lagos

Circular bronze stand with connecting geometric designs in the circumference.

Bronze Altar Ring

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Circular ring with representation of ram head casted on the circumference of the object. Altar ring are displayed on ancestral altars, dedicated to the Oba of Iyi'oba

Bronze Armlet

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Heavily beaded arm with clinched fish. the object demonstrate Owo culture

Benin Bronze Altar Stand

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A Cylindrical altar ring with geometric designs and human figure. it has a hole at the centre.

Local Name:Bronze Head

Bronze head on a circular ring. on it is a casted human burst. the head wears knot representing keloids, bulgy eyes, flat nose and thick eyes with snake issuing from the sides of the cheek. the expression is that of Ogboni

Ritual Receptacle

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Receptacle on a container base with the King body coiled around the body. on the body is a face decorated with striation and geometric lines of the body of the base.

Human Head Pendant

Local Name:Igboukwu

Bronze human head with a rim and four layers of loops representing hairdo. it wears facial scarification, oval eyes, elongated flat nose and wide mouth. the object re-eniforce the Igbo tradition

Bronze Helmet

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A conical Helmet casted in portugese style, the body is documented with spot dots. the object reinforce the activities of the European traders.

Ivory Bowl

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A lidded bird receptacle standing on a square base

Bronze Pendant

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Bronze Pendant of a crocodile

Ogboni Figure

Local Name:Onile

Seated female shrine figure with two projection representing hairdo. the figure has bulgy eyes, broad nose and wide lips. the breast is flappy, while the hands are in greeting gesture of the Ogboni society

Ivory bowl

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Carved bowl on a circular stand. the bowl is decorated using cross hash geometric designs. the bowl is used to store palace items

Bronze Receptacle

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A mud fish Receptacle

Ivory Armlet

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Ivory armlet with the motif of Portuguese human hand and inlay metals. it is worn by Oba of Benin during important celebrations

Ivory Box

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Lidded Ivory box with an engraved horse, the face and the rim of the box is decorated with geometric patterns

Chamba Headdress

Local Name:Chamba Headdress

A wooden buffalo headdress with two horns pulled backwards with gaping mouth.

Bronze Bell

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A bell that is surmounted by an elephant and it has geometric designs around the body. A part of the body is chipped off

Mumuye Figure

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A standing male figure with a crest on the head, flabby ears and high feet. it has red textile tied around the neck and the genital is pronounced

Metal Barrel

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A cylindrical barrel with handless human figure on top and a strap. it has geometric and human face designs round the body.

Terracotta Coiled Snake

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Terracotta coiled snakes with part of it chipped off

Terracotta head

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A human head with two knots on the frontal hairline and scarifications on the face.

Lidded Container

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Carved Ivory receptacle made of two sections held together by strips of brass. the relief decoration and inlaid work display typical Benin motifs like the heads of portuguese and interbase geometrical design of the base and rim of the box.

Bronze Bird

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Bronze representation as a bird standing on a flat rectangular base. on its body is a brick geometry to form feather. the expression connote calmness and homage to super powers.

Ivory Gong

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Ivory double gong of triangular shape with oval section. main gong shows figure of an Oba with two attendant and on the other, two free standing figure carved on both sides of the mouth of the gong. it is used by the Oba of Benin during Ugie Enrobo rite

Owo Terracotta Human Head

Local Name:National Museum Lagos

Minature terracotta human head wearing a cap, on both cheeks are raised lines denoting beards

Gelede headdress

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A Wooden headdress surmounted by a lying male figure with tobacco pipe in his mouth. on the forehead and both cheeks are one vertical mark and it is painted red, yellow, black and white.

Wooden Receptacle

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Wooden Box with relief, carvings of crocodiles on four sides of the box

Wooden Staff

Local Name:Oshe Staff

Wooden Sango staff representing a kneeling human figure mounted on a staff, with a short Sango Emblem on the head. the distal end of the staff is stylized in the form of a male genital

Wooden Staff

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Wooden Staff with a human face, on the head is a four point projection and a knoeb on the neck region

Standing Female Figure

Local Name:Otamiri

Standing Female Figure with hands clinched to the body, conical hair design with geometric lines. on both cheeks are whisker like tribal marks and the genitals are pronounced

Face Mask

Local Name:Arikun Ugbhu

Headmask with black patches two horns and four holes on the face, hollow eyes, slant tribal marks on both cheeks, whiskers like lines on both sides of the mouth that is agape.

Wooden Facemask

Local Name:Isi Akatakpa

Face mask painted white and black with 3 crest on the head, perforated eyes cresent incision running from under the eyes to the back of the ears. Beck-like nose and showing dentition

Benin Bronze Mud Fish plaque

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A rectangular plaque with a representation of mud fish and four corner rossette representing Olokun, the god of fi of the sea. mudfish is said to reinforce the importance of Olokun, river goddess in the Benin Kingdom

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere Ifa

Wooden Receptacle called Agere Ifa is a turtle form with geometric designs. it has long neck

Wooden Box

Local Name:Opon Obi

A Rectangular wooden box with geometric designs

Wooden Face Mask

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Wooden facemask in form of a cow head with open mouth bared teeth with a piece of white teeth tied across the right jaw, painted white and spotted Indigo blue

Brass Anklet

Local Name:Nyang-nyang

A cylindrical brass anklet in three segments with an opening and perforations

Human Figure

Local Name:Alusi

Standing male figure with a loop on the head, flat face and facial features showing. it has broad chest, akimbo hands, body markings on the stomach and visible genitals

Human Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

Seated male wooden figure with curled horns and elongated neck. it has strations on the forehead, nose and triangle. the face and the left side of the body is cracked and the genital is pronounced.

Wooden Face Masks

Local Name:Akatapa

Face mask painted black and white, with two horns, slit eyes, pointed nose, two slant tribal marks. on both cheeks, open mouth, the right horn is chipped off.

Brass bangle

Local Name:National Museum LagosNation Museum, Lagos

A circular brass bangle carved with geometric designs

Manilla

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A metal alloy, bangle with slightly curved edges and pod-like designs

Brass Bracelet

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cylindrical bracelet with geometrical designs etched on the surface and an opening for adjustment

Metal Gong

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Two conical metal gongs strapped together with a twain through the loops at the top

Wooden Rattle

Local Name:Ekput

A wooden rattle carved from a single wood. the ends are made in form of bulbows pods, each containing two strikers (the strikers in one of the pods have removed, the centre is a narrow cylindrical grip.

Metal Bell

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A Conical metal bell with a pendulum like striker. it has a long slender handle with a diamond shaped tip and spiral designs below the top.

Metal Gong

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A Conical metal Gong with a curved handle that appears chipped at the tip

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Otomporo

Wooden headdress Otomporo carved in form of human head with a knob on the top. it has bulgy eyes and below the mouth region is a handle-like projection. it is worn during Oke Irajbiji annual festival.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ori-egungun

A wooden headdress with crested braids parted in three segments, prominent facial features, four horizontal tribal markings on both cheeks and four metal nails depicting exposed dentition. it is carved to a hollowed circular base with perforations.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ori Egungun

A wooden headdress with conjoined twin head. each head has engraved lines depicting braids, prominent facial features and tribal markings on the forehead and both cheeks. they are coloured with white pigment and are carved to a common hollowed dome base with perforations around the rim

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden headdress with crest and two birds on both side with elaborate hairdo, it has geometric designs on the head, tribal mark on the forehead, slit eyes pointed nose, slit mouth with small ears.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:isi Mmau

A wooden headdress with elaborate structure on the head, semi-circular engravement on the head, pronouced facial features, hollowed eyes and mouth and body markings on the fore head and cheeks. around the edge are perforation and it is painted black, indigo, green, red and white.

Wooden headdress

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A wooden headdress with super structure depicting leopard human figures, reptiles and the base carved with handle, with facial markings, hollow eyes, ear, dentition shown, painted red, black and white attached with red textile on the base

Metal Gong

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A conical metal gong with a handle that is pointed at the top

Metal Gong

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A conical metal gong with a spirally designed handle looped at the top.

Metal Gong

Local Name:Ogene

A conical metal gong with a flat vertical handle curved at the tip

Metal Gong

Local Name:Aja Osa

A metal conical gong with a loop at the tip of the handle.

Metal Bell

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A conical metal bell with a handle tapered to the end of a slit at one side and one striker inside the bell.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ori-egungun

A wooden headdress with two horns on the head, prominent facial features, tribal marks on the forehead, cheeks and jaw. at the back of the head are two ridges and four carved gourds and it rests on a dome base. it is painted black and brown

Wooden Headdress

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A Wooden headdress, with linear hairdo, bulgy eyes and tribal scarification on the head, its forehead and both cheeks. Traces of blue pigment on both eyes and tribal marks

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ori-Egungun

Wooden headdress with four conical hairstyle having linear and concentric designs. It has buldgy eyes with holes, and three vertical tribal marks on each cheek. The hairdo is painted black.

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden headdress with artistic hairdo, bulgy eyes with holes, and three vertical tribal marks on the forehead and both cheeks. The hairdo is painted black, and white around the eyeballs.

Wooden headdress

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A wooden headdress with double human heads surmounted on a spherical base. The heads face opposite direction, with conical hairstyles joined together at the summit. One of the faces has three vertical tribal marks on both cheeks and engraved beards, while the other has one engraved slant tribal mark on each cheek.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ori-Egungun

A triple-headed wooden headdress carved to a rectangular base that is wrapped with stripe textile. The heads have crest-like caps, well defined facial features, and tribal marks. The head at the middle appears bigger than the adjoining ones, and it has two cylindrical shaped objects at the back. They have indigo pigment.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden headdress surmounted by an animal motif standing in between a pair of horns that are projecting backwards and holding the inner shorter horns. it has three vertical tribal markings on the forehead and both cheeks, gaping mouth with exposed dentition and projected bearch. the ears are elongated and flapping backwards. it is painted black, yellow and red

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by a super-structure with a bird in the front and at the back and geometric designs. it has slit pupils and three vertical tribal markings on both cheeks. it is coloured with green brown pigment

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress with braided hairdo, three vertical tribal markings on the bulgy forehead and bulbows cheeks. the eyes are painted white with black pupils. it has painted nose and prominent ears. it is coloured with black and red pigment

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden headdress surmounted by a super structure, decorated with open work and geometric engravings. it has three braids hairdo pointing forward and incised with geometric lines, slit pupils, three horizontal tribal markings on both cheeks and pouting mouth. it is coloured with black and white pigment.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Egungun (Okanke)

A pyramid shaped headdress. at the front is a carved face with elongated horns and tribal markings. the back surmounts an animal motif on a stand in a position and holding on to both horns. it is coloured with white, black and pink pigment

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Gelede Mask wearing Abeti Aja cap surmounted by three human figure holding an animal. the mask wears a piece pupil and the horizontal tribal marking on sides of the head

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by a male figure carrying a talking drum on each hand, it has pierced pupils and six horizontal tribal markings on both cheeks, A talking drum is attached on the proper left ear (the drum on the right ear is detached). it is coloured with white, blue, black and red pigments.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by a bowl carrying a gourd with four short projections on the head is an arch-like carving attached from the back and extends to the front. it has pierced pupils and three vertical tribal markings on both cheeks. it has toches of white, red and blue pigments

Wooden headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress with wide ears pointing upwards. the back is surmounted by a rabbit motif in standing position and holding onto the ears. it has three tribal marking on the forehead and both cheeks and beard projection. it is coloured black, red and white.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden headdress with segmented hairdo and a snake curved from one side of the hair to the other. it has one diagonal and four horizontal marking on the proper left cheek while the right four horizontal markings, it is coloured with black, brown and white pigment

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden headdress wearing on abeti-aja cap with a looped snake. it has slit pupils and three vertical tribal marks on both cheeks. it is coloured with black, red and indigo pigments

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede Ori-Sango

Wooden headdress with an axe on the head. it has pierced pupils and three horizontal tribal markings on both cheeks. it is coloured with black, orange, white and blue pigment

Wooden headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden headdress wearing a cap with draping flonges and a broken bird figure on the crown. it has bulging eyes with pierced pupils

Wooden headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden headdress with a cap-like hairdo. it has pierced pupils and a vertical tribal marking on the forehead and both cheeks

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress wearing a cap with a dome shaped structure in the front a bowl on the crown all designed in tiled patters. it has slit pupils with dots on the lower eyes, it has three tribal markings on the forehead and both cheeks with a diagonal marking on the proper left cheek.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress with a superstructure resembling two trays connected together with four girders. on the upper tray are a lidded bowl and other components. it wears a cap with dome-shaped structure in the front designed with tile patterns. it has slit pupils and three vertical tribal markings on both cheeks,

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ekine

Wooden headdress with braided hairdo, slit pupils and gaping mouth with visible dentition. it is coloured with black brown and white pigment.

Wooden Headdresss

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress, carved with three stand tray carrying a slant opening bowl. it has the bands at its rim and four containers round the bowl. it has three protruded hairdo at the frontal three horizontal tribal ,markings on both sides.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress with braided hairdo, carved bow on the forehead, two horizontal lines and three vertical tribal marks on the forehead. it also has three horizontal tribal marks on both cheeks

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede (Onitiro)

Wooden Headdress with carved three legged hairpiece motif on its head. it has pierced pupils and three horizontal tribal marks on both cheeks.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress with oval cap (Abeti aja), pierced pupils and beard. the cap is painted Back

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede-Panshaga

A wooden headdress with projections depicting hair band. It has prominent facial features defined by bulgy eyes and pierced pupils

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress with braided hairdo, prominent facial features defined by pierced pupils and visible dentition. It has three vertical tribal marks on the forehead and both cheeks. It has perforations around the neck, and it is coloured with black and red pigment.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name: Gelede

A wooden headdress with braided hairdo, horn-like ears, projected eyelids and hollowed eyes. It has three vertical tribal marks on both cheeks, an opening below the lower lip and a semi-circular carving around the neck region. It is coloured with white, red and black pigment.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress featuring an upward braided coiffure. It has prominent facial features, a diagonal tribal mark on both cheeks, and stylized beard that extends upward to the sides of the forehead

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress with reliefs of a reptile and a talking drum on the head, and attached to its elaborate and geometrically designed ears. It has prominent facial features showcasing bulgy eyes, gaping mouth with two pronounced teeth, tribal marks on both cheeks, and stylized beard. It is coloured with black and grey pigment

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress surmounted by two human figures facing each other in a gesture of cordial exchange, suggesting friendship or respect. The head depicts a neatly carved hair with pronounced hairline. It has prominent facial features, tribal marks on the forehead and both cheeks, two opening below the nose. It is coloured black, red and yellow.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress with a superstructure on the head head, representing braided hairdo and headgear.It has prominent facial features, including bulgy eyeballs and exaggerated nostrils. It has three tribal marks on the forehead and both cheeks, and it is coloured with red, black and white pigment.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress carved in the form of a pig head, and surmounted by a bird pecking on a snake. it is coloured with white and blue pigment.

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden headdress with linear hairdo and pronounced hairline. It has prominent facial features, including bulgy eyes and tribal marks on the forehead and both cheeks. It has traces of blue pigment on the eyes and facial marks.

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden quadruple conjoined heads with geometric designed caps, well defined facial features, gaping mouths and tribal marks on the cheeks. the heads are band together by leather and twine

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ori-egungun

A wooden headdress with crested=like hairdo and three vertical and three horizontal tribal marks on both cheeks. the hairdo is painted indigo.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ori Egungun

A wooden headdress with four conical hair style with linear and concentric al designs on the head. it has bulgy eyes with holes and three vertical tribal marks on each cheek. the hairdo is painted black

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden headdress with artistic hairdo, bulgy eyes with holes and three vertical tribal marks on the fore-head and both cheeks. the hairdo is painted black and white around the eyeballs

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ori-Egungun

A double wooden human head, surmounted on a spherical base with carved hairdo joined together. one of the face of the head has three vertical tribal marks on both cheeks and engraved beards while the other face lines are engraved slant tribal mark on each cheek

Wooden Facemask

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A wooden face mask with animal line horn and face painted black and white with leather and woven raffia

Wooden Headmask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wooden head mask with a stylized animal face defined by a bank with triangular tip, painted nose, small eyes, pronounced eyelids, oval exams and a pair of horns. it is engraved with geometrical pattern and coloural with black, red and white pigments

Wooden Facemask

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A wooden Facemask with a protruding forebead black eyelids hollow eyes and protruding nose, curved and gaping mouth with raffia and opening representing the ear

Wooden Facemask

Local Name:Opa-Nwa

Wooden face mask with a stylized human face defined by exaggerated facial features including protruding forehead, hollowed eyes, pronounced eyebrows, pointed nose and wide, gaping mount. Attached around the back is woven raffia. it is coloured with black and white pigments

Wooden Headmask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wooden headmask with a long triangular beak, small eyes, pronounced eyebrow, small oval eyes with pointed hips. the pointed nose and horns are carved together. it is black in colour.

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden painted headdress with ram-line horn and face with protruding elaborate ears, it has itching marks on the side head and face head both eyelid under the nose and the mouth side

Wooden headmask

Local Name:Egbe

A wooden headmask with a stylized animal face defined by exaggerated features, including a wide, flat beak painted on the tip. it has a raised triangular bridge, depicting the nose and circular depressions, pointed white to represent the eyes. at the back of the head are two circular patterns engraved on both sides

Wooden Facemask

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A wooden painted face mask with crest and raise dot decoded with wool and two raised crest-like on the side of the crest, facial features pronounced with 3 dots on the forehead and both ears.

Wooden Facemask

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A wooden facemask with prominent facial features defined by slit eyes pointed eyes, gaping mouth and three diagonal tribal markings that run from beneath the eye to the cheek on both sides. a lon, flat and curved crest is carved to the head. it is engraved with patterns and coloured with black, white and bright red pigment. Attached to the rim of the back is woven rafia

Wooden headdress

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A wooden headdress with animal like face and horn, painted eyes and geometric marks round the mouth

Headdress

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A wooden painted head dress depicting a animal like face and curved honr with zig-zag designs on the forehead and three curved lines on the eye lid, painted black, white and red

Wooden Facemask

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A wooden facemask with crest, painted black and white with protruding three poiints with one broken. it has opened eyes with raffia

Wooden headdress

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A wooden head mask with geometric framework structure at the top, slit eyes painted nose and engraved marks at both sides of the temple. it has a visible dentition and perforating round the base. it is painted black and white.

Wooden headdress

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A wooden headdress with super structure with relief of bird on both sides. it has braided hairdo with pierced pupil, one engraved vertical tribal mark on each cheek and visible dentition. it is coloured with black pigment.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Agbho Mmau

A wooden maiden mask with three crest on the head, the crests at the opposite ends have knob-like projections while the middle is small, plain and chipped. it has circular patterns engraved with head, well defined hairline and facial structure and body markings around the eye brow and cheeks. it is painted black and wihite

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Agbogho Mmanwu

A wooden maiden mask with three crests on the head, the one at the middle is higher, the hairline is well defined, and the head is covered with geometric patterns. It has pronounced facial features with slit eyes and gaping mouth. there are tribal marks on the cheeks, around the edge are numerous perforations, and it is painted black and light brown.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Egbe-Igba

A wooden headdress with arc-shaped crest and braided hairdo of geometric patterns. It has a star-like design on the forehead, slit eyes, pointed nose and two dot marks on both sides of the eyes. attached to the base is a red, black and green wool.

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden mask painted green, red and black, with an arc-shaped crests that has birds at the middle of the crest and nobs on both side crests. It has geometric designs on the head, slit eyes, pronounced dentition, and tribal marks.

Wooden Facemask

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A wooden face mask with elaborate hairdo defined by a crest in the middle. It has prominent facial features, including slit eyes and pointed nose. There are facial marks on the forehead, temples, cheeks, both sides of the mouth. and four diagonal lines at the back of the head.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Egungun-Sokoti

A wooden headdress with artistic hairdo and two cylindrical carvings at the back of the head. it has horn-like ears, bulgy eyes, and three vertical tribal marks on the forehead and both cheeks. There are several perforations around the base.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name: Ori-Egungun

A wooden headdress surmounted by two human heads. The heads wear long caps with linear designs.They have bulgy pupils, flat nose, gaping mouth, and tribal marks on both cheeks. The surface is adorned with engraved patterns and coloured with white and indigo pigments.

Wooden Facemask

Local Name:Okwo-Mma

A wooden face mask with a well-defined hairline, hollowed eyes, a pointed nose and a visible dentition. It has body marks on the forehead, temple and perforations around the head.

Wooden Facemask

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a wooden face mask with an elongated face, slit eyes, and open mouth.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden mask with zigzag hairdo, hollowed eyes,pointed nose and open mouth with visible dentition. On both temples are body markings that run down the cheeks, and at the jaw line are semi-circular reliefs.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Keleri / Nnono-Miri

A face mask with multiple knobs that formed the hairdo with a bird at the center.The facial features are well detailed with an open dentition, and a slant tribal mark that runs from under the eye down to the cheek on both sides. It is coloured with white and black pigment.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden face mask with protruding forehead and prominent facial features, defined by slit eyes, slit nostrils and wide mouth. It is coloured with white and black pigment.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:MManwu

Wooden face mask with a crest on the head to which is attached a log of wood. It has well defined hairline, and prominent facial features defined by slit eyes, gaping mouth showing dentition, and facial marks running from the forehead to the nose and on both temples. It is coloured with faded black and white pigments.

Wooden face Mask

Local Name:Mmuo

A wooden Face mask with two horns carved on the head. It has facial marks on the forehead, hollow eyes, pointed nose and visible dentition. It has perforations around the edges, and it is coloured with white black and red pigment.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden face mask with semi circular hairdo and arc-like projections to form hair band. It has crescent-shaped eyes, pointed nose, open mouth with visible dentition, and body marks on the forehead. It is painted white, black and brown.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Oma

A wooden face mask carrying a platform on the head to which is attached a janus-faced head at both ends, and a head with elaborate hairstyle in the middle.The head of the mask is embossed with studs. It has prominent facial features defined by slit eyes, pieced ears, long nose, gaping mouth with visible dentition, and diamond shaped facial marks on both cheeks. It is coloured with black and white pigment.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden face mask with elaborate hairdo, hollow eyes, flat nose, protruding mouth, and deep vertical lines on both cheeks.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Adaha-Akwunakwuna

A wooden face mask with studs forming the hairdo, slit eyes, pointed nose and protruding, gaping mouth showing dentition. It has a perforation on both ears, crescent body mark on both cheeks, and semi-circular relief on the jawline. It is painted black and brown.

Wooden Face mask

Local Name:Adaka / Isi-Mmuo

A wooden face mask with hairdo made in the form of three ridges. It has slit eyes pointed nose and open dentition. It is coloured with black, red and white pigments.

Wooden Face Mask

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A miniature wooden mask with slit eyes, pointed nose, visible dentition and three layers of woven raffia attached with a twine around the mask. It is painted black and white.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Mmanwu

A wooden face mask surmounted by a head with elongated neck. It has prominent facial features, including hollow eyes, pointed nose and round mouth with visible dentition. It is coloured with black and white pigments.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden face mask with a knob-like projection on the head and artist hairline. It has arched eyebrows, slit eyes and a wide mouth that projects outward and showing dentition. The surface is decorated with black and white pigments

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Mmuo-Mmiri

A wooden face mask with elaborate hairstyle.It has prominent facial features, including marks on the forehead, slit, eyes, pointed nose,small ears and mouth. The edges are engraved with artistic designs, and the surface is coloured white.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Isi- Mmawu

A wooden face mask with semi-circular hairline, bulgy forehead, pointed nose and protruding mouth with visible dentition. On the forehead, temple, eye region and jawline are body marks. The edges of the mask are perforated.

Wooden Head Mask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wooden head mask with a stylized animal face featuring horns that are pulled backwards, well defined eyebrows, small eyes and ears, pointed nose and a long beak. The horns and forehead are engraved with geometric designs, and the surface is decorated with white, blue, red and yellow pigments

Wooden Head Mask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wooden head mask with elongated horns on the head, carved decorative bands on both sides of the head, and well defined eyebrows. From the horns down to the eyebrows are geometric engravings. Around the edges are perforations, and it is painted white, black and brown.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Mambi /Maji

A wooden bulbous face mask with a horn-like projection on the head. four studs flowing from the forehead to the chin. The eyes are hollowed, and woven raffia attached to the edge of the mask with a twine. The surface is painted black, white, brown and yellow.

Headdress

Local Name:Gelede Onida

Wooden headdress with peculiar long ears in form of swords in sheaths joined to an arch-like hairdo decorated with geometric designs. it has bulgy eyes with pierced pupils and three pairs of horizontal tribal markings on each cheek.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by seated nursing female with the infant resting on her laps. it has three tribal marking on ther forehead and both cheeks, pierced pupils and a bow-tie carrying at the back. it has accents of black, red and white pigment

Wooden headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by a circular tray carved bowls. the hairdo is designed with geometric lines. it has three tribal markings with forehead and both cheeks pierced pupils and pouting mouth.it is coloured with black and white pigment..

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden mask in form of a human face for Egungun. the headdress is surmounted by a calabash containing bowl of banana with a carved lidded bowl on top carved a bird with peak facing downward

Mumuye Figure

Local Name:Mumuye

Standing Mumuye Figure with crest like hair, rounded pupil, elongated neck with the hands sidewayshand

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:National Museum, Lagos

Wooden headdress with braided hairdo with zigzag design along the hairline and at the back. it has slit pupils. it has vertical markings on the temples, three dot markings on the cheeks and gaping mouth with visible dentition. it is coloured with black, red, white and blue pigments

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by a male figure in relaxed position, smoking a tobacco pipe. it has a vertical tribal marking on the forehead and both cheeks pierced pupils. it is coloured with black, red, yellow and white pigment.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by a colourful superstructure. it has slit pupils and three vertical tribal markings on both cheeks. it is painted white, pink, red and black

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress with wide ears extending upwards and a talking drum in between. it has braid broided hairdo, pierced pupils, three tribal markings in the forehead and both cheeks. it is decorated with geometric designs and coloured with red, black, yellow and green pigment

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by a male figure holding an umbrella. a carved rope is looped round the head. it has slit pupils and three tribal markings on the forehead and both cheeks. it has black and white pigment

Wooden Headmask

Local Name:Gelede-Alofa

Wooden Headdress surmounted by a canoe with a moslem cleric and a paddler on each side of the head is a kettle and it has three horizontal tribal workings on both cheeks. it is coloured with white, black and blue pigments.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede (Aleke-Nogbe)

Wooden Headdress having braided hairdo and nails used to attach skin. it has pronouced eyes, two vertical tribal markings on both cheeks and facial scarification. the nails around the gaping mouth was used to attach skin. it is coloured, black, yellow, red and white

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress surmounted by animal motifs and figure of male hunters. it has pierced pupils and three vertical tribal markings on both cheekss

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress with scarification markings, all over the face, pierced pupils and pouting mouth. it has a zig zag design across its head

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress with trial markings on the cheeks and decorations on the forehead. it has two large ears, carvings of talking drum and monkey at the back of the head with carved beard

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden headdress with super structure carved with a long and two mini like bags by both sides. it has period pupils and three vertical tribal markings on both cheeks.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

Wooden Headdress with carved banana tree at the centre of its head. it has three vertical tribal markings on its forehead and horizontal marking on bottle cheeks and it has pierced pupils. it painted black, blue and colite

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress wearing a cap with a long protuberance at the summit. It has perforated pupils and two holes under the nose. It has three vertical tribal marks on both cheeks. It is painted with cream colour and patches of indigo

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Oji-Egwu

Wooden headdress depicting an animal with head that bears short engraved horns and is incised with patterns. It has a long, tapering face that narrows towards the snout, long nose and eyes impression without slit. it is decorated with black, blue and red colours.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress surmounted by a tray. On the tray are four human figures two kneeling and each carrying a bowl, the third standing with hand fist outward, while the fourth kneeling figure has on its right hand a staff and the left hand clinging on an animal representing a ram.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name: Gelede

A carved wooden headdress with a knob on the forehead, two snakes resting on the sides of the head. The pupils and the nose are perforated while the mouth is opened. The face is adorned with tribal marks.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name: Gelede

A carved headdress with a cap. The face wears bulgy pupils, flat nose and thick ears. On the head is a masquerade sitting on a pedestal, with two hand on a jar of gun powder, on its waist hung a bag and behind it a quiver and arrow. It is painted yellow, red and black.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A carved headdress with inner eyes, frontal projection, perforated eyes and wide mouth. On the head is a human figure sitting on a crafted mat, hanging a hoe on its shoulder and the two hands holding a flat object. The body is adorned with white, red and blue pigments.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress carved with a turban running across the face. The face wears pierced pupils, body marks and a projection representing beards. The body is rubbed with red, black and yellow pigments.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress with facial features, surmounted by a seated male figure. The figure wears a red cap, bulgy eyes, flat nose and open mouth, with its hands resting on its laps. The body is adorned with multi-coloured pigment.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress with elaborate hairdo. On its head is a bowl. The face is adorned with white and indigo pigments, while the bowl is decorate with diamond-shaped patterns.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede-Ayenka

A wooden headdress with a crest on the head interwoven with animal. The face wears bulgy eyes, flat nose and protruding lips. The face is adorned with three lines tribal marks.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress carved with braided coiffure parted in the middle. It has prominent facial features defined bulgy eyes, pierced pupils and perforation on the ears. There are three facial marks on the forehead and both cheeks. It is coloured with wine and black pigments

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Gelede

A wooden headdress surmounted by a superstructure that includes a male tailor figure sewing on a carved machine, and two other male figures. It has cap-like hairdo and pierced pupils. There are both horizontal and vertical facial marks on both cheeks.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle depicting a female figure kneeling on a circular base. It is carrying a bowl on the head and holding another bowl with two hands. Its big, bulgy eyes are coloured with white pigment.

Wooden Cup

Local Name:Uho

A wooden cup with two compartments and handles. On both sides of the surface are male figures in low relief. It has a flattened base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle depicting a female figure kneeling on a circular base and carrying a bowl on its head. It is holding one of the breasts with its hand. The other hand and breast are missing.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden bowl supported by a pedestal designed as interlocking chevron motifs carved in open work form, and mounted on a circular base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden lidded receptacle carved in stylized form of a tortoise, and incised with geometric patterns.

Sango Wooden Dish

Local Name:Arugba-Sango

A wooden dish surmounting the head of a female figure supporting the dish with both hands, and kneeling on a circular base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden bowl surmounting a bird and two coiled catfish, one on each side of the bird. It is carved on a round base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A semi circular bowl with four projections arranged at the four cardinal points. Each projection is vertically oriented, with a square mid-section and a triangular lower part. The bowl is carved to a rectangular support on a circular base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A semi-circular wooden bowl surmounting an equestrian figure on a rectangular base. It has patches of clay on the surface.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A semi-circular wooden receptacle surmounting a stylized bird pecking on a snake, and carved on a circular base. It coloured with white chalk.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle depicting a kneeling female figure holding a bowl with both hands, and carrying a baby on its back. It is carved on a round base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle with two projections representing the handle. It surmounts reliefs of two cockerels, each pecking on snake, and it is carved on a circular base. The white colour on the surface is faded.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle bearing a bowl-like hollow with handles, supported underneath by four human figures carved on a flat base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle representing a kneeling female figure, with braided hairdo, facial features defined by bulgy eyes, exaggerated nose, open mouth, facial marks on the forehead and both cheeks. It has a carved string of beads on the neck, pointed breasts, and is holding a bowl with both hands. The figure is depicted wearing a skirt incised with line patterns. It is carved on a on a raised circular base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle depicting a kneeling female figure with a three-bun coiffure and an impression of three strings of beads on the hairline. It has a circular projection on the forehead, bulgy eyes, deeply cut vertical facial marks on both cheeks, and pointed breasts. It is adorned with carved beads on the neck, wrists and waist. It is holding a decorated bowl with both hands, and carved on a rectangular base. It is multi-coloured.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle depicting a female fertility figure seated on a circular base (there is a major crack on the base), with a sucking baby in her hands. It is surmounted by a bowl with a relief of human face on the surface, and handles carved in the form of female figures (one of the handles is broken).

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle representing a kneeling female figure with elaborate hairstyle, prominent facial features, body marks on the forehead and both cheeks, and bare breasts. It is carrying a big tray with both hands, on the rim of the tray is a relief of human head and incised zigzag patterns. The base is broken. It is painted with black and red pigment.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A lidded wooden receptacle surmounting a seated female figure that has a child on her back. The figure extends both hands outwards to support two human figures, one on either side. Carved on the lid are reliefs of three human figures. The entire piece rests on a circular base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A lidded wooden receptacle with the lid depicting a bird. It is held by a seated female figure with an elaborate hairdo, pointed breasts, strings of beads on her wrists, and a baby on her back. There are missing parts of the stool base, and the object is coloured with black, red and green pigments.

Double Wooden Bowl

Local Name:Okwa

Two wooden bowls joined together along their sides to form a single unit.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden lidded receptacle decorated with geometric engravings, supported by reliefs of male and female figures on a circular base. An equestrian figure surmounts the lid.

Wooden Bowl

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A wooden bowl representing a rounded mudfish. It is carved into two adjoining sections – a bowl, and a hollow suggesting its handle. Impressions of fish fins are carved along the upper and lower rims of the hollow section.

Double Wooden Bowl

Local Name: Okwa

A small wooden double bowl.

Wooden Bowl

Local Name: Okwa-Nzu

A wooden dish used in the ceremonial offering of chalk to visitors. It has a stylized handle carved in the form of a male figure grasping the cap on its head with both hands.

Double Wooden Plate

Local Name: Okwa

A big and a smaller wooden plates joined together at their sides to form a single unit.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Okwa-Oji

A wooden kolanut tray with geometric designs and a handle.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Okwa

A rectangular, wooden lidded receptacle carved on a dish-shaped surface supported on a base. The lid is decorated with two human heads at both ends, and seven ridges in the middle. The handle is made of twine.

Wooden Tray

Local Name:Omoku

A wooden platter used for offering kolanut to the gods and ancestors. It is designed with five raised lines and a handle.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Okwa-Oji

A wooden kolanut receptacle with a circular knob flanked by two ridges and decorative engravings on the surface. It has a truncated triangular handle (part of its handle is broken) with a triangular opening and line patterns at the edges.

Wooden Tray

Local Name:Okwa-Oji

A wooden tray with geometric designs and a perforated handle, for serving kolanut to visitors.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Okwa-Oji

A wooden kolanut bowl with a knob-like handle and geometrically designed surface.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Orisan-Ogiyan

A wooden receptacle depicting a kneeling female figure with an elaborate hairstyle painted with black. There is a real string of beads on the neck and two carved strings of beads on the waist. It is carrying a bowl with two stands, and it is supported on a circular base. The surface is decorated with white dots, and the rim of the base is incised with geometric patterns.

Wooden Tray

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A square-shaped wooden tray for serving kolanut to visitors.

Wooden Receptacle

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A lidded, rectangular wooden receptacle. The lid is decorated with geometric patterns and central ridges that run vertically along the length. The surface is covered with sand deposits.

Wooden Tortoise Bowl

Local Name:Ahun-Orisa

Tortoise-shaped bowl kept at Sango shrine for ritual purposes.

Wooden Head Mask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wood head mask with a stylized bird head defined by a long beak, pointed nose, small eyes and oval ears with pointed tips. It has stripes of fabric attached I between two elongated horns. It is engraved with patterns, and coloured with blue, red and white pigments.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Iru-Mmuo

A wooden face mask with exaggerated facial features, including a protruding forehead, oval ears on the sides of the forehead, big hollow eyes, big nose, wide gaping mouth with visible sharp teeth. It has two tooth-like projections on the lower lips, and it is colured with black and white pigments.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden face mask with three-crested hairstyle and engraved lines on the forehead. It has prominent facial features with a diagonal tribal mark on both cheeks, and visible dentition. It is coloured with black and white pigments.

Wooden Head Mask

Local Name:Ene-Alatakpa

A wooden face mask carved in the form of an oval structure attaché to a loop. On the structure is a central ridge that runs along its length. It surmounts a hollow circular base with padded textile tied around the rim.

Wooden Head Mask

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A wooden head mask representing the head of a bird, with a long triangular beak, pointed nose, small eyes and oval ears. The forehead is engraved with patterns, and the horns are pulled backwards. The surface is coloured with black and white pigments.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden face mask surmounted by a head with an elaborate hairstyle. It has a defined hairline, arched eyebrows, a diagonal facial mark running from below its slit eyes down to the cheeks, a pointed nose, and a gaping mouth with exposed dentition. It is coloured black and white, and attached to the back is a woven raffia.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden face mask with curved horns, prominent facial features defined by slit eyes and big lips. Attached to the back is a ragged jute.

Wooden Face Mask

Local Name:Egedie

A wooden face mask representing the head of a bird. On the upper part is a flat vertical projection to which raffia is attached. The facial features include overhanging eyelids, hollow eyes, pointed nose and flat beak. It is artistically designed with multiple colours, and attached to its back is woven raffia.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Igodo

A wooden headdress depicting a bird’s head, artistically carved with a horn-like projection, protruding forehead, small eyes, knob-like eyes, a subtle nose impression, and a central zigzag ridge running along its elongated beak. It is decorated with multiple colours.

Wooden Face Mask

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A Wooden face mask surmounted by a seated human figure. On the forehead and the sides of the ears are geometric patterns, and three vertical tribal marks running from below the eyes to the cheeks. It is coloured with black, white and orange pigments.

Wooden Head Mask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wooden head mask stylized in the form of a bird’s head, featuring horns, forehead and eyebrows, all incised with geometric patterns. The prominent facial features include small ears, small eyes with a triangular mark beneath each, an elongated nose, and extended beak. The surface is decorated with multiple colours.

Wooden Head Mask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wooden head mask stylized in the form of a bird’s head, with a pair of horns, small eye impressions, each with a slit beneath, oval ears, a long nose and an extended triangular beak. The surface is coloured black and white, and the edges are perforated.

Wooden Face Mask

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A wooden face mask with a crest on the head, raised hairline, pronounced facial features, and a diagonal opening depicting a tribal mark on both cheeks. It is coloured with black and white pigments.

Wooden Head Mask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wooden head mask stylized in the form of a bird’s head, featuring two short horns, overarching eyebrows, pronounced facial features, and a triangular beak. The surface is coloured with black and white pigment, and the edges are perforated.

Wooden Head Mask

Local Name:Isi-Mmuo

A wooden head mask stylized in the form of an animal's head, defined by curved horns, pronounced eyebrows and lids, small ears, a pointed nose, and a hollow beak. The surface is painted black.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with a crest and seven holes at the center of its head. It has a vertical facial mark on its forehead, white eyeballs, six keloids on each temple, and visible dentition. It has four keloids behind each ear, and a woven cane base.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Mkpum

A skin-covered wooden headdress with keloids on its forehead and sides, and visible dentition. It has an intricately woven cane base.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Nkang-Aschibe

A skin-covered wooden headdress with wooden studs representing hairdo, and visible dentition. It surmounts a woven cane base.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Awawo

A skin-covered wooden headdress with four engraved vertical hairdo, white eyeballs with black pupils, a keloid at the side of each eye, and visible dentition.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with wooden studs representing hairdo, two big holes on its head, and one keloid-like mark on both sides of the face. It surmounts a woven cane base.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with torn parts of the skin cover. It has elaborate pod-shaped hairdo (One of the three pods has detached), slit eyes with nails representing the pupils, gaping mouth and visible dentition. Attached to the base is a woven cane.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with a bald head, and exaggerated facial features defined by big white eyeballs, gaping mouth and visible dentition. It has a bulbous long neck, and attached to the base is woven cane.

Metal Gong Metal Gong

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A cone-shaped metal gong with a slender vertical handle looped at the tip.

Wooden Memorial head

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Carved wooden Memorial head of a Benin Chief with a reficulated headdress. it is intricately carved with band of beads on the forehead and below the neck with a feather, fasten with coral choker. the pupil and the facial marks over the eyes are neck inlayed in metal. the brass is engraves with geometric lines

Wooden Memorial Head

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Wooden Memorial Head of a chief carved in a articulated headdress. it has bands of beads on the forehead and below the neck with a feather on the left side. the pupils and the tribal marks over the eye on metal inlayed. the base is decorated with engraved lines

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with natural human hair attached to form its hair and beards. The prominent facial features include white eyeballs, gaping mouth and visible dentition. On the forehead and temples are raised keloid-like facial marks, and on both sides of the face are holes. Attached to the base is woven raffia.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with a skull cap, keloid-like facial marks on the forehead and temples, arc-like eyebrows, bulgy eyes with pupils depicted by nails, big nose and visible dentition Attached to the base is woven cane.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with studs depicting hairdo (most of the studs are missing). Both faces have circular keloid-like facial marks on both temples, and prominent facial features. The surface is coloured black and white, and attached to the base is woven cane.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Osirikong

A skin-covered wooden headdress with visible signs of wear and tear of the skin. It has a cross-shaped crest (one arm of the cross is broken), circular keloid-like facial marks on the forehead and temples. The prominent facial features are defined by big sunken eyes and gaping mouth. Attached to its base is a woven cane.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with a cross-shaped crest (three arms of the cross is broken). It has oblong face with prominent facial features defined by a long nose, gaping mouth and visible dentition. Attached to its base is a woven cane.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ekpe

A skin-covered wooden headdress with a knob-like crest, and lines to represent hairdo. It has keloid-like facial marks on the forehead and temples. It has a flat face with stylized facial features, and on the ears, pupils and sides of the nose are nails.The neck is elongated with splayed base, and on the four cardinal points are loops.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with elaborate hairdo, vertical facial mark on the forehead, circular facial marks on both temples, prominent facial features defined by pointed nose, gaping mouth, and exposed dentition. It is splayed at the base.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Nkang

A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress with the skin on one of the faces visibly torn. On the head are four horn-like projections, four human heads facing the four cardinal points, and a feather in the middle. Both faces have prominent facial features.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ebi-Nsam

A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress with cane and textile head bands. Both faces have prominent facial features and facial marks. One face has a red textile in the mouth, while the other has beards represented with fur.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ntsibe

A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress with a crest, a vertical mark on the forehead, and prominent facial features. One face has overhanging eyebrows and slit eyes, while the other has aluminium foil to represent the eyeballs and three circular facial marks on the temples.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Iyik

A skin-covered wooden headdress with visible signs of wear and tear of the skin cover. It has an elaborate hairdo, prominent facial features, including a gaping mouth and visible dentition. The neck is ringed, and attached at the base is woven cane.

Wooden Memorial Head

Local Name:Okpa

Wooden Memorial Head of a Benin Chief with a reticulated headdress with a knob at the centre. it has band of beads on the forehead and below the neck with feather and coral choker on both sides. the pupil is inlayed and the nostril flattened

Wooden Memorial Head

Local Name:Okpa

Wooden Memorial head of chief with a reticulated headdress. it is carved with bands of beads on the forehead and below the neck with feather on the right side fasten with coral choker. the pupil and the three tribal marks over the eyes are metal inlayed. the base is engraved with geometric lines

Wooden Memorial Head

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Wooden Memorial Head of a Chief in a reticulate form with a band of beads on the forehead and below the neck with feather on the right side. the pupil and the facial markings on metal inlayed. the base is engraved with geometric lines

Wooden Memorial Head

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Wooden memorial head of a Benin Chief in a reticulated form. intricably carved with bands of beads on the forehead with feather on the left side, fastened with coral choker. the pupils and the tribal markings on the eyes an metal inlayed. the base is engraved with geometric lines

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with natural human hair on the head, raised facial marks at the temples, prominent facial features defined by big nose, gaping mouth and visible dentition. It has a neck is protruding, and attached to the base is woven cane.

Wooden Headdress

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A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress visible signs of wear and tear especially on one side. There is a hollow at the top of the head, and both faces have facial marks on the forehead and temples, and pronounced facial features.

Wooden Headdress

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A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress with bald head. Both sides have prominent facial features and facial marks on both forehead and temples. One face has piercings along the hairline and jute to depict beards, while the other has aluminium foil on the eyeballs.

Wooden Headdress

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A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress with a cap-shaped head. Both sides have prominent facial features, with one featuring vertical facial marks on the forehead, while the other has aluminum foil to depict the eyeballs. The head and parts of the surface are coloured with black pigment.

Wooden Headdress

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A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress (most of the skin is torn off) with studs on the head(most of the studs are removed). Both sides have prominent facial features and circular facial marks at the temples.

Wooden Headdress

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A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress with visible evidence of wear and tear of the skin. It has a red cap on the head, and both sides have prominent facial features and body marks.

Wooden Headdress

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A skin-covered wooden headdress with a curved horn-like and engraved crest, prominent facial features, and a broad, elongated neck on a raised circular base. The ears, eyeballs, and mouth are coloured red and white.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Adere

A janus-faced, skin-covered wooden headdress with a perforated cap-shaped head. Both sides have prominent facial features and ridge-like facial marks on the forehead and temples. It is black and brown in colour.

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden headdress with elaborate hairdo, prominent facial features, well-defined hairline, and a broad neck decorated with a bow-tie and line patterns. It is black and brown in colour.

Wooden Human Figure

Local Name: Ikenga

A wooden seated male figure with an elaborate crown, stylized facial features, exposed navel and genital. It is holding a staff in both hands, and it is carved on a crescent-shaped base. It is black and white in colour.

Wooden Figure

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An intricately patterned, cylindrical wooden figure with a horn-like projection atop, a string of cowries at the mid-section.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden figure with curved horns, a stylized human face, and holding a gourd-like object with both hands. It is carved on a waisted base.

Wooden Royal Head

Local Name:Aghallnor

Wooden human burst representing Obi of Ika in an elaborate beaded crown. it wears a naturalistic feature with bands of beads running on the forehead and below the mouth region down the chat. it has a natural wood colour

Wooden Memorial Head

Local Name:Ilaho

Wooden memorial head of a Benin Chief named Ila. it is carved in reficulated form with bands of beads on the forehead and below the mouth. it has feather on the right side with carved choker to fasten it. the pupils and the tribal markings over the eyes are metal inlayed. the base is engraved with geometric lines

Wooden Memorial Head

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A wooden memorial head called Ila carved with spike like design and prominent facial features with projection on top. the forehead and below the mouth again is decorated with bands of beads.

Wooden Memorial Head

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Carved wooden memorial head of a Benin Chief with a reticulated headdress, with bands of beads running at the forehead and below the mouth region. the head down the base is carved with a metal plate. the pupils and the tribal markings over the eyes are in hollow relief.

Wooden Memorial Figure

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A wooden memorial head in articulate form with a knob at the centre. the forehead and the lower region of the mouth is adorned with beads. the pupils and the tribal markings above the eye are inlayed. the side of the head is adorned with feather like projection fastened by a coral choker

Wooden Memorial Head

Local Name:Umunmwelao

Wooden Memorial head ion articulated form said to represent the paternal ancestor of the owner. the face is adorned with bands of beads on the forehead and below the mouth region. on both sides are projection to form feather with coral choker

Wooden Memorial Head

Local Name:Uhueommelao

Wooden memorial head with a recticulated crown. it is intricably carved with bands of beads on the forehead and below the neck with a projection. it represents a feather on the side. the pupils and the tribal markings over the eyes are metal inlayed. the base is adorned with geometric markings

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden figure with curved horns, a stylized human face, and holding a gourd-like object with both hands. It is carved on a waisted base.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikengobo

A cylindrical wooden figure carved in three segments from a single wood, with a short horn-like projection at the top, and intricately carved surface.

Wooden Figure

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A cylindrical wooden figure carved in three segments from a single wood. It has a horn-like projection at the top and intricately carved surface.

Wooden Figure

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A wooden figure with horns, stylized human face, engraved cylindrical trunk, and short legs. It is carved on a base (the front part of the base is chopped off).

Wooden Human Figure

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A wooden figure carved in a stylized human form with four heads carved together and facing the four cardinal points. There are arc-like structures on two of the heads, depicting the hairstyle. It has a short broad neck, a square-shaped trunk with carved relief patterns, exposed genital, and thick legs.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden figure carved in a stylized human form, with an elaborate crown and stylized facial features. The neck region is represented by a cylindrical column surrounded by four triangular loops, set on a splayed base.

Wooden Human Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden seated human figure with curved horns, a stylized human face, and holding swords with both hands. It is carved on an engraved circular base.

Wooden Human Figure

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A wooden seated human figure with seven faces.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden figure with horns, a stylized face, and a cylindrical base that narrows at two points along its length.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden seated figure with elongated horns, a stylized face, and a segmented cylindrical trunk. It is smoking a long pipe, with the opposite end of the pipe resting on its elongated and hollow navel. It is carved on a base.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden seated human figure with elongated horns, a stylized human face, and broad shoulders. It is smoking a long pipe, with the opposite end of the pipe resting on its exaggerated navel. The genital is exposed, the legs are thick, and it is carved on a circular base.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A miniature wooden figure with horns, a stylized human face, and a segmented trunk engraved with patterns.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikengobo

A cylindrical wooden figure carved in three segments from a single wood, with a horn-like projection atop. The surface is intricately engraved with patterns, including reliefs of human figures holding weapons, and lower arms with clenched fists.

Wooden Human Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden seated human figure with horns, a stylized human face engraved with patterns, studs and twines at the back of its head. It has a broad chest, shortened arms, a carved skirt on the waist, and exposed genitals.

Wooden Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A cylindrical figure carved in segments, with open-work design at the midsection, and surface engraved with vertical lines. At the top are horn-like projections.

Wooden Human Figure

Local Name: Ikeng

A wooden seated male figure with an elaborate crown featuring a series of reliefs including two animals atop two birds. It is holding a staff in both hands, and it is carved on a base. The surface is coloured with red, green, yellow and black pigments.

Wooden Human Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden seated male figure with coiled horns and visible dentition. It is holding a sword in one hand. The face, neck and waist are coloured with patches of blue and white pigments.

Wooden Human Figure

Local Name:Ikenga

A wooden seated male figure with an engraved cap, pointed nose, and holding a human head in one hand (the other hand is broken). The genital is exposed

Wooden Headdress

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A wooden headdress with a concave, hollowed base perforated around the rim. It is topped by a circular platform with studs at the edges, supporting several horn-like projections arranged around a central abstract figure, and coloured with black and red pigments.

Wooden Receptacle

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A wooden shallow bowl with its handle stylized in the form of a human bust wearing an arc-like crown and supporting the crown with both hands.

Wooden Lidded Box

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A wooden lidded rectangular box with a knob like handle atop the lid and ridge-like relief with notched linear patterns along both of the lid’s longer sides.

Wooden Box

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A wooden lidded, rectangular box with its surface decorated with relief carvings representing crocodiles feeding on fish.

Wooden Receptacle

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An oval-shaped wooden receptacle decorated with relief carvings of two reptiles on its surface, and at the base are four projections representing its stand.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Biere

A wooden receptacle with a shallow circular bowl featuring a central raised knob and incised geometric patterns. Attached to it is a shield-shaped handle decorated with lines and a triangular perforation at its center.

Wooden Receptacle

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A wooden receptacle stylized in the form of a chameleon.

Wooden Receptacle

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A wooden rectangular receptacle with a handle.

Wooden Container

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A circular wooden storage container with its interior divided into five compartments.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Biere

A wooden receptacle with a shallow oval bowl that has a central raised knob and engraved geometric patterns. Attached to it is a shield-shaped handle decorated with incised lines and a triangular perforation at its center.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle depicting a kneeling male figure with a bowl on his head and carrying another bowl with both hands.

Wooden Twin Bowl

Local Name:Oku-Isi n’abo

Two wooden bowls conjoined on a shared stand to form a single unit, with their surfaces decorated with incised patterns.

Wooden Double Cup

Local Name:Ife-Ogoro

A wooden double drinking cup on a common base.

Wooden Receptacle

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A wooden receptacle stylized in the form of a bird surmounted by a bowl with artistic handles, and pecking on a toad. The entire piece is carved on a circular base.

Wooden Receptacle

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A wooden double bowl bordered with a rectangular frame. The surface is decorated with geometric designs.

Wooden Mortar

Local Name:Odo-Sango

A wooden mortar with intricately decorated surface and supported by carved reliefs of human figures on a circular base.

Wooden Mortar (Odo-Sango)

Local Name:Odo-Sango

A wooden mortar with intricately decorated surface, and supported by reliefs of human figures on a circular base.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden lidded bowl with two artistic handles. It surmounts a male figure lying on the base and supporting the bowl with its legs.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A Wooden Receptacle stylized in the form of an animal standing on a circular base with incised edges, and surmounted by a semi-circular bowl.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A circular wooden receptacle supported by four kneeling female figures, and carved on a circular base.

Wooden Receptacle

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A wooden mortar flanked by four smaller adjoining mortars, arranged as two on each side. The piece stands on two supports, and its surfaces are decorated with geometric engraving. The structure is carved on a base.

Wooden Box

Local Name:Opon-Mole

A wooden lidded elongated box carved in the form of a bottle with an intricately decorated surface.

Wooden Lidded Box

Local Name:Opon

A wooden lidded box decorated with geometric designs.

Wooden Lidded Box

Local Name:Opon-Mole

A wooden lidded rectangular box featuring four central triangular ridges on the lid and decorated with symmetrical geometric patterns.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name:Iroko

A wooden lidded double receptacle with double handle on top of the lid and decorated with geometric designs.

Wooden Lidded Container

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A wooden lidded container carved in the form of a stylized hare, and decorated with symmetrical geometric incisions.

Wooden Container

Local Name:Pepeiye-Ikofasi

A wooden lidded container carved in the form of a duck with triangular designs on the lid, painted blue and white.

Wooden Lid

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A wooden lid of a receptacle carved in the form of a stylized cockerel, decorated with geometric incisions, and colored with red, white, and blue pigments.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

Local Name:Ejioro

A wooden lidded bowl representing an animal with geometric incisions on its surface.

Wooden Lidded Container

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Wooden Lidded Container A wooden lidded container depicting a dinosaur, and the lid carved in the form of a baby dinosaur. The surface is incised with polka dot patterns.

Wooden Receptacle

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A small wooden rectangular box with vertical lines decoration on both of its longer sides, and supported on four short projections that serve as its stand.

Wooden Receptacle

Local Name:Okwa-Oji

A wooden receptacle in a circular form. On the surface is an engraved abstract human figure, with two connecting openings in the center.

Wooden Lidded Container

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A wooden lidded container in the form of a rabbit with geometric designs.

Wooden Lidded Box

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A wooden lidded box depicting a rabbit.

Wooden Lidded Container

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A wooden lidded container in the form of a dinosaur, with a baby dinosaur carved on the lid. It has polka dot designs.

Wooden Lidded Box

Local Name:Igbobi-Eworo

A wooden lidded bowl depicting a hare with exposed dentition. The surface is incised with symmetrical geometric patterns and decorated with multiple colors.

Wooden Lidded Box

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A wooden lidded square-shaped box with rounded sides. On the lid is a square loop handle and at the rim are line decorations.

Wooden Lidded Box

Local Name:Opon-Uta

A wooden lidded rectangular box with an alligator head. Carved on the lid is an alligator flanked by abstract string of cowries, and on its longer sides are helix patterns. The surface is coloured with red and black pigments.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden lidded receptacle surmounted by a headless chicken. The entire piece is engraved with patterns and carved on a base.

Wooden Lidded Container

Local Name:Ide-Obi

A wooden lidded container depicting a duck.

Wooden Lidded Box

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A wooden lidded box surmounted by a smaller lidded box and decorated with geometric designs.

Wooden Lidded Box

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A wooden lidded bowl carved in the form of an animal (rabbit), and decorated with geometric designs. The ears are damaged.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

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A wooden lidded bowl representing a cockerel with symmetrical geometric patterns, and standing on a base.

Wooden Lidded Box

Local Name:Ologbo

A wooden lidded box in the form of a cat with a curved tail as the handle. One leg is chopped off. It is decorated with patterns and painted with yellow and blue.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

Local Name:Ologinni

A wooden lidded bowl depicting an animal with an elongated tail curved to represent the lid handle. It is decorated with symmetrical patterns and faint yellow colour.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name:Arifa-Oloja

A wooden lidded receptacle depicting an animal with a coiled tail and a curved loop handle on the lid. It is decorated with polka dot incisions.

Wooden Receptacle

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A wooden receptacle with a lid in the form of a bird, carved on a base. The body is decorated with engraved patterns to represent the feathers.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden lidded receptacle of a kneeling male figure surmounted by a lidded bowl with reliefs of animals on the lid, and holding another bowl with both hands. It is flanked by a male flutist figure and a female figure. The entire piece is carved on a common base.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name:Ubeti

A wooden lidded bowl representing a tortoise. Carved on the lid are reliefs of a hen and a leopard. The body is decorated with intricate geometric patterns.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

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A wooden lidded receptacle representing a duck with patches of white pigment on the surface.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

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A wooden lidded receptacle with a carved loop handle atop the lid. The interior of the bowl is divided into two compartments.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Ophophukoko

Wooden Headdress representing a stylized human face with elaborated hairdo, fair vertical tribal markings on the forehead, a line that runs from the forehead to the nose and two strings of carved neck beads. it surmounts a hollowed concave base.

Wooden Headdress

Local Name:Eki

Wooden Headdress representing a stylized human face wiith a crown on the head and elongated ears in upward position, attached together with the crown. it has cylindrical eyes, gaping mouth and exposed dentition. it surmounts a hollowed cone-shaped base with engraved tiles design and it is coloured with white, red and blue pigments.

Wooden headdress

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Wooden Headdress representing a seated female figure with elaborate hairdo carved necklace pointed breasts and carved waist beads. it is holding a comb on one hand and a mirror on the other hand. it is carved to a base and coloured with black, red, light pink, blue and green pigments. it is supported on a cane basket

Wooden headdress

Local Name:Uyovwi edjo

Wooden headdress representing a stylized face with a skull cap engraved with lines, rectangular ears and elongated zig-zag neck. it surmounts a hollowed dome shaped base and it is coloured with yellow and white pigment.

Wooden Headdress

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A janus faced wooden headdress with an oval panel carved to the head. Attached to both sides of the panel are bird motifs. it has four vertical tribal markings on the forehead and hollowed cone-shaped neck. it is coloured with orange and white pigments and fastened to an inverted basket with a plant rope attached to it.

Wooden Laddle

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A wooden laddle with a handle stylized in the form of a female figure with a crest. The bowl is shallow, and the outer surface is decorated with geometric incisions.. It is supported at the base by three studs.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name:Agere-Ifa

A wooden receptacle depicting a cockerel. The surface is incised with geometric designs and colored with black, yellow, and red pigments. It is carved on a rectangular base.

Wooden Lidded Box

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A circular wooden lidded box with a knob-like handle on the lid, and geometrically designed surfaces. The interior of the bowl is divided into two compartments, and it is supported by studs at the base.

Wooden Lidded Box

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A wooden lidded box with two knob-like handles and geometric patterns on the lid. The interior of the bowl is divided into three compartments, and it is coloured with patches of red pigment.

Wooden Lidded Container

Local Name:Ijapa

A wooden lidded container depicting a stylized tortoise, engraved with geometric designs.

Wooden Lidded Container

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A wooden lidded container stylized in the form of a tortoise, and engraved with geometric designs.

Wooden Lidded Container

Local Name:Aliun-Oshun

A wooden lidded container stylized in the form of an animal, and decorated with polka dot designs and faint white pigments. .

Wooden Lidded Container

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A wooden lidded container surmounted by a pecking bird. The surfaces are engraved with geometric patterns, and colored with black and white pigments.

Wooden Lidded Container

Local Name:Awo-Orisa

A wooden lidded container stylized in the form of a rabbit with long ears that flap backwards, and visible dentition.

Wooden Lidded Container

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A wooden lidded container representing a rabbit, with long flapping ears, and engraved symmetrical patterns.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name:Ago-Obi

A circular wooden lidded receptacle surmounted by two kneeling human figures, and engraved with geometric patterns. It is carved on a circular base.

Wooden Lidded Container

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Wooden Lidded Container A wooden lidded container stylized in the form of a bird, with engraved patterns. It has a flat base.

Wooden Lidded Container

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A wooden lidded container representing a duck, with incised lines to depict the feathers.

Wooden Lidded Container

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A circular wooden lidded container with a loop handle atop the lid, and engraved with geometric patterns.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

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An oblong-shaped wooden lidded bowl with lid depicting a bird. The surfaces are decorated with motifs of abstract human faces and intricate geometric engravings. It is supported by stylized human legs on a base.

Wooden Lidded Container

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A wooden lidded container depicting a duck, with engraved line patterns to represent the feathers.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

Local Name:Pepeiye

A wooden lidded bowl carved stylized in the form of a bird. It has a square-shaped lid, and on it is a relief of a smaller bird representing the handle. The surface is decorated with incised patterns, and it is carved on a rectangular base.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name: Agere-Ifa

A wooden lidded receptacle representing a bird, with decorative patterns.

Wooden Lidded Receptacle

Local Name:Ere-Ogun

A wooden lidded receptacle stylized in the form of leopard gripping its prey with its mouth. The surface is engraved with polka dot designs.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

Local Name:Opon

A wooden lidded bowl depicting a tortoise, with engraved line patterns.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

Local Name:Igba-Obi

A wooden lidded bowl representing a stylized cockerel, with decorative patterns, and carved on a base.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

Local Name:Pepeiye

A wooden lidded bowl stylised in the form of a duck. The interior of the bowl is divided into two compartments. The surfaces are decorated with draught patterns and with pigments.

Wooden Lidded Container

Local Name:Okpa-Ibe

A wooden lidded container stylized in the form of a bird. The lid and bowl are tied together with plant fibre, the surfaces are decorated with geometric engravings and with patches of blue pigment. It is carved on an arc-like base.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

Local Name:Pepeiye

A wooden lidded bowl representing a duck, with incised line patterns to depict the feathers.

Wooden Lidded Container

Local Name:Igba-Orinsanla

A small wooden lidded container representing a headless bird, with triangular and line engravings on its surfaces.

Wooden Lidded Bowl

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A wooden lidded bowl with a stylized bird handle on top of the lid, and beautifully engraved surfaces.