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Vessel (itinate)

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Cut-thread cloth (pelete bite)

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Royal crown (ade)

In Focus

Standing female figure (1974.Sc.29)

In Focus

Iconography of the Ifa divination tray (opon ifa)

In Focus

Ifa divination tray (opon Ifa) and Ifa divination tapper (iro Ifa)

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Royal currency in the form of a hoe

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Egbukele masquerade headdress

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Headdress (ere Gelede)

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Horse-and-rider figure (elesin Shango)

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Figurated tongs for Oshugbo Society rituals

In Focus

Epa headdress

Artists & Designers

Olowe of Ise

In Focus

Symbol of the inner head (ibori) and House of the head (ile ori)

In Focus

Waist pendant

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Standing figure

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Ritual vessel

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Standing female figure

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Man's tunic

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Headcrest

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Cut-thread cloth (pelete-bite)

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Face mask ("maa ji," yam cutting knife)

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Gelede headdress (ere Gelede)

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Mirror case

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Ring depicting ritual sacrifice

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Water spirit headdress

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Seated female shrine figure

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Altar stand in the form of a cuff

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Bowl-figure (gbene)

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Ancestor figure of founder hero Owedjebo

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Female twin figure (ere ibeji)

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Shango dance wand ("oshe" Shango)

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Standing male ancestor figure (ekpu)

In Focus

Ring depicting ritual sacrifice

Peoples & Societies

Oron

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Bell in the form of a head

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Ifa divination tray (opon Ifa)

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Symbol of the inner head (ibori)

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Ceremonial vessel

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Kneeling female figure with bowl (olumeye)