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Oko (side-blown horn)
Benin culture
19th century

Buffalo figure
Fon peoples, Danhomè Kingdom
19th century

Royal Scepter (Makpo)
Fon peoples, Danhomè Kingdom
19th century

Plaque
Condorhuasi
500 BCE–450 CE

Elephant bocio
Hountondji guild artists
19th century

Oko
Edo (Benin) people
19th century

Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures
Master of the Heraldic Ship
ca. 1525–1600

Plaque
Aguada
450–900 CE

Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

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

Plaque with Warrior and Attendants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Ukhurhe (rattle staff)
Edo people, court of Benin
late 18th–early 19th century

Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Rattle
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Two Fluted Gourds
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque Fragment with Mudfish
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Amulet
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Two Mudfish
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

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

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

Leopard
Edo artist
1550–1680

Plaque with Ìyàsẹ́ (Royal Commander) and Attendant
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
Mid-16th–late 17th century

Orufanran Costume Attachment: Crocodile Head
Yoruba peoples, Owo group
17th–19th century

Plaque with Ọ́bà (King) or Chief
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Ọ́lọ̀tọ̀n priest
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque with Warrior and Mudfish
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Bracelet
Edo peoples
1550–1680 (?)

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

Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

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

Plaque with Warrior and Fish
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Plaque Fragment with Warrior and Attendant
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

Fragment of a leopard head
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
early 17th century (?)

Plaque Fragment with Warrior Chief
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70

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

Orufanran Costume Attachment: Leopard Head
Yoruba peoples, Owo group
17th–19th century

Side-blown Trumpet (akohen)
Edo peoples
18th–19th century

Side-blown Trumpet (Akohen)
Edo peoples
18th–19th century

Side-blown Trumpet (Oko)
Edo peoples
18th–19th century

Ifa Divination Tapper
Edo peoples
19th century