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Iconography of the Ifa divination tray (opon ifa)

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

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Standing female figure (1974.Sc.29)

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Royal crown (ade)

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Vessel (itinate)

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Cut-thread cloth (pelete bite)

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Waist pendant

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Epa headdress

Artists & Designers

Olowe of Ise

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

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Horse-and-rider figure (elesin Shango)

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Egbukele masquerade headdress

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Headdress (ere Gelede)

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Royal currency in the form of a hoe

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Figurated tongs for Oshugbo Society rituals

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Ring depicting ritual sacrifice

Peoples & Societies

Oron

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Bowl-figure (gbene)

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Water spirit headdress

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Ring depicting ritual sacrifice

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Standing male ancestor figure (ekpu)

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Shango dance wand ("oshe" Shango)

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Ancestor figure of founder hero Owedjebo

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Female twin figure (ere ibeji)

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Seated female shrine figure

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Altar stand in the form of a cuff

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Figure of a town chief (iyase)

Peoples & Societies

Igbo

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House of the head (ile ori)

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Ifa divination tray (opon Ifa)

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Symbol of the inner head (ibori)

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Kneeling female figure with bowl and figures

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Bell in the form of a head

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Torque

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Kneeling female figure with bowl (olumeye)

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Bowl with lid (opon igede)

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Ceremonial vessel

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Headcrest

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

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Cut-thread cloth (pelete-bite)