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- Title
- Loom Heddle Pulley
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.127
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, twine and metal
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Commemorative Head of an Oba of the Benin kingdom
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Physical Description
- Cast brass head of a human. An opening at the top would have supported a carved elephant tusk. The heads wears elaborate "winged" headgear.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.260
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1978
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.15
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure (Eshu as Ibeji)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.121
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ceremonial Knife
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.64
- Medium and Support
- brass blade with brass ring wrapped wood handle
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Stool
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.240
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- African, Ibibio
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1984
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.266
- Medium and Support
- wood, paint, mirrors
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Igbo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/1.135
- Medium and Support
- wood with white, black and brown pigment and hair
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Female Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.114
- Medium and Support
- carved wood and glass beads
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Oba's Footrest
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1946
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.308
- Medium and Support
- cloth, leather, raffia fiber and multi-colored beadwork
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.41
- Medium and Support
- wood with metal
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Oba’s Beaded Crown (adénlá)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Beaded, veil fringed, canonical crown; seven long beaded tassles dangle from the bottom rim of the crown; entire surface area is embroidered with multi-colored seed beads; three tiers of colorful faces surround the perimeter; a series of three dimensional birds perch on top of the crown; the largest bird sits on tip and is removable.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.306
- Medium and Support
- glass beads, cotton fabric, raffia palm
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ancestral Shrine Figure (Male)
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1985/1.87
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Standing Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Chamba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1920
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.275
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ile Ore (Shrine of the Head)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1880-1940
- Accession Number
- 1991/2.92
- Medium and Support
- leather, carved wood, cloth, metal and cowrie shells
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Female Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.123
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, blue coral and Venetian beads
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.322
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, mulitcolored beads, cowrie shells and string
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.245
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ancestral Shrine Figure (Female)
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.142
- Medium and Support
- carved inoko wood and kaolin
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.48
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Igbo
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.29
- Medium and Support
- wood with white pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Female Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.116
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Beaded Divination Bag
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.311
- Medium and Support
- cloth and multi-colored beadwork
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Priest's Bag
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.31
- Medium and Support
- canvas, beads, and leather
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Wooden staff covered with beads, displaying a zigzag pattern in blue, white, red, yellow, green and pink along the shaft, with an iron point at the base. The finial (top of the staff) consists of an equestrian, mostly in green, wearing elaborate red-and-yellow headgear, holding a staff and riding a multicolored horse, which stands on a rectangular platform adorned with a veil of ropes of beads.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.45
- Medium and Support
- wood with beads, metal, cloth
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Spirit Mask
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.150
- Medium and Support
- wood, kaolin and cotton fabric
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Skin Covered Head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Ekoi
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.243
- Medium and Support
- wood, antelope skin, raffia, pegs for hair and teeth
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ibeji Twin Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1945
- Accession Number
- 1987/2.80
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, nutshell beads, copper nails and hair blueing
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Male Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.125
- Medium and Support
- wood, glass beads, brass and blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.324
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, metal and beads
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Divination Tapper
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.250
- Medium and Support
- ivory
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Figure of a Man sitting with hands on knees
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.173
- Medium and Support
- ceramic
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Altar
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.359
- Medium and Support
- carved wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Horse Amulet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Tuareg
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1984
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.265
- Medium and Support
- brass, cloth and leather
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Female Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1925-1940
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.118
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, glass beads, blue pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Oba's Veil
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.340
- Medium and Support
- cloth, wire, and multi-colored beadwork
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Erinile Pot Lid
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.34
- Medium and Support
- terracotta with indigo pigment
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ogun Ax (àáké or edùn Ogun)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Carved ax handle is comprised of a kneeling male figure with rounded knob on top of his head, into which narrow end of triangular iron ax blade is embedded.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.73
- Medium and Support
- wood, iron
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Figure
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ibo
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.239
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Igala
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.185
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ibeji Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1983
- Accession Number
- 1983/2.191
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Ogboni Edan Pair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.336
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Oba's Slipper (One of a pair)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1998/2.63.2
- Medium and Support
- cloth and multi-colored beadwork
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Gong of the Ogboni Secret Society
- Artist
- African, Nigeria, Ogboni
- Physical Description
- Brass bell or gong in the form of a human head. A loop on the top would have served as a handhold or place to tie the instrument. The opening of the the instrument is squared and flat in order to rest upright.
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.242
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 6.72332
- Artist Nationality
- Nigerian
- Title
- Standing Figure
- Artist
- African, Nigeria or Cameroon, Mambila
- Century
- early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2000/2.106
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- relevance
- rank 6.64774
- Artist Nationality
- Cameroonian or Nigerian