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Showing 234 results for Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists

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Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
16th century

Idiophone with an iyọ́bà
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
18th–19th century

Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
1815–97

Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
1815–97

Altar Tusk
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
1888–97

Female figure
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
18th century

Altar Tusk
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
ca. 1712–50

Panel with Byzantine Ivory Carving of the Crucifixion
Byzantine (ivory); Spanish (setting)
10th century (ivory); late 11th century (setting)

Makpo royal scepter with pineapple
Hountondji guild artists
1889–94

Nkisi (power figure)
Kongo artist and nganga
19th–first half of 20th century

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

Ọ́bà with Sacrificial Animals from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar of the Hand)
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
19th century

Base from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar of the Hand)
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
19th century

Kpeliye’e headdress
Senufo artist
19th–mid-20th century

Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with Ọ́bà Ákẹ́nzùa I
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
1725–50

Wheellock Rifle
Caspar Spät
ca. 1640–50

Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
18th–19th century

Male pombia (child of Poro) figure
Tyebara-Senufo artist
19th–mid-20th century

Alto Recorder in F
Johann Benedikt Gahn
ca. 1700

Iginga (human figure)
Lega artist
19th–early 20th century

Smith & Wesson .44 Double-Action Frontier Model Revolver decorated by Tiffany & Co. (serial no. 8401), with Case and Cleaning Rod
Smith & Wesson
ca. 1893

Àgéré Ifá (Ifá divination vessel) with kneeling woman
Yoruba artist
17th–19th century

Heddle pulley with elephant head
Baule artist
19th–mid-20th century

Heddle pulley with Goli Glin mask
Baule artist
19th–late 20th century

Heddle pulley with opposing faces
Baule artist
ca. 1900

Panel Ornaments for Ceremonial Sword and Sheath (Udamalore)
Yoruba artist
19th–20th century

Commemorative female figure
Chokwe artist
Late 19th century

Udàmalóre (ceremonial sword)
Ijebu-Yoruba artist
17th–18th century

Heddle pulley with double-braided coiffure
Guro artist
19th–mid-20th century

Heddle pulley with female figure
Guro artist
19th–early 20th century

Zok (elephant) mask for a beete performance
Kwele artist
19th–first half of 20th century

Seated male figure for a komien (trance diviner)
Baule artist
19th–mid-20th century

Imbizo Table
Chuma Maweni
2018–21

Portrait face mask from Gbagba, a mblo performance
Baule artist
ca. 1900

Wunkirmian or wakemia feasting spoon
Dan artist
ca. 1900

Deangle (peaceful spirit) mask
Dan artist
19th–mid 20th century

Wunkirmian or wakemia feasting spoon
Dan artist
19th–mid-20th century

Lawle (gong tapper) with equestrian figure
Baule artist
19th–mid-20th century

Female sika blawa figure
Baule artists
19th–mid-20th century

Harpsichord
Michele Todini
ca. 1670