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Beaded crown (ade ileke)
Beaded and veiled crowns, ade ileke , are traditionally worn…
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Brass anklet (ogba)
In parts of West Africa, anklets made from brass, or solid i…
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Bronze figure of a huntsman
This bronze figure represents a hunter carrying an antelope …
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Carved wooden figure (ivwri)
This sculpture combines attributes of bird, wild animal and …
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Carved wooden figure (okega)
These horned carvings usually depict one or more figures, of…
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Carved wooden headdress decorated with seeds
This dance crest is made of backened wood with the red seeds…
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Carved wooden mask of the Epa masquerade
The Epa masquerade of the Yoruba peoples promotes the health…
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Carving of a European official with two policemen
This wooden carving shows a European official mounted on a h…
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Carving of Queen Victoria
This figure of Queen Victoria was made by a Yoruba carver. S…
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Ceramic altar for the new yam harvest festival
Around the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the …
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Gelede mask of a European
Gelede is one of the Yoruba's three major masking traditions…
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Mask of vegetable fibre, hair and red abrus seeds
In Africa, 'masks' can be made of almost anything - plastic,…
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Pair of door panels and a lintel
These door panels and lintel were carved for the royal palac…
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Sokari Douglas Camp, Big Masquerade with boat and household on his head
Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958) has lived in London since 19…
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Wooden complex
This carved, wooden complex consists of many images of power…
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Wooden funerary screen
From the fifteenth century the Kalabari of the Niger delta w…
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Wooden mask for Gelede masquerade
The Yoruba of Nigeria produce a wide variety of art forms in…
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El Anatsui, Monument, wood and metal
El Anatsui is widely recognized as one of Africa's foremost …
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Brass head for use in the worship of Osun
Osun is one of a number of deities worshipped in Benin. His …
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Brass head of the Oba of Benin
This head, typical of the late period in Benin art, shows th…
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Brass helmet mask for the Ododua ritual
In addition to his executive powers and duties, the Oba (kin…
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Brass plaque showing the Oba of Benin with attendants
There are over nine hundred plaques of this type in various …
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Bronze figure of a hornblower
This figure depicts one of the retinue of the Oba (king) of …
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Brass head with a crown
In January 1938 workmen were digging foundations for a new h…
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Carving of a European official, by Bamgboye
This carving depicts Kenneth Robertson, an Education Officer…
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Ivory armlet
This ivory armlet is worn by the Oba (king) of Benin in cere…
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Sokari Douglas Camp, Asoebi, or Lace, Sweat and Tears, steel
Sokari Douglas Camp was born in 1958 in Buguma, Nigeria. Thi…
