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Baban riga (man’s ceremonial robe)
Amadou Ahejo, Kano, Nigeria
ca. 1940

Dance crest with opposing faces
Ejagham or Bale peoples
19th–mid-20th century

Mask
Ibibio peoples, Eket group
19th–20th century

Esu Staff (Ogo Elegba)
Yoruba peoples, Oyo group
19th–20th century

Figure: Seated Mother and Child
Okpoto peoples(Idoma)
19th–20th century

Cylindrical Lidded Box
Yoruba peoples, Owo group
19th–20th century

Horned Headdress
Koro peoples
19th–20th century

Staff finial with ram's head
Lower Niger Valley caster
15th–19th century

Lidded Vessel
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Bell
Nigerian
ca. 1900–1908

Amulet (ààlè)
Yoruba peoples, Ijebu group
early 20th century

Vessel Support: Kneeling Mother with Child Figure
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Horn
Probably Igbo people
late 19th century

Helmet Mask
Koro peoples
20th century

Figure Fragment: Head
Ibibio peoples, Oron group
18th–19th century

Dance crest
Ejagham artist
19th–mid-20th century

Vessel
Igbo artist
20th century

Twin Figure: Male (Ibeji)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Twin Figure (Ibeji)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Yoruba peoples, Egbado or Ibarapa group
19th–20th century

Altar bell with a mudfish-legged ọ́bà
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
18th–19th century

Box: Oba Ozolua and Unidentified Oba
Edo peoples
19th century

Helmet Mask (Gelede)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Hip ornament with Portuguese head
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
16th–19th century

Figure: Oba with Ceremonial Sword
Chief Inneh
20th century

Twin Figure: Female (Ibeji)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Bracelet: Figures

Edo peoples

18th century (?)

Seated Female Figure
Mbembe peoples
17th–18th century

Lidded Vessel: Fluted Gourd
Edo peoples
16th–19th century

Edo peoples

18th–19th century

Ilé-orí (house for the head) shrine with ìbọrí
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century

Mask (Okoroshi Oma)
Igbo peoples
19th–20th century

Between Earth and Heaven
El Anatsui
2006

Female figure
Chamba artist
First half of 20th century

Kpoko-kpoko
Ebo
20th century

Horn Player
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
1550–1680

Head of an oba
Edo peoples
17th century

Esu Head (Ela or Irin Ifa)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Shoe (Bata ileke)
Yoruba peoples
mid-20th century

Headdress: Bushcow (Mangam)
Mama peoples
19th–20th century