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Staff: Female Figure
Nigeria
19th–20th century

Helmet Mask (Mgbedike)
Iweze of Ogbunike
ca. 1918

Figure: Seated Mother and Child
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Horned Headdress
Ibibio peoples
19th–20th century

Altar Ring
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Lidded Vessel: Couple
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Figure with Raised Arms
Dogon or Tellem civilization
16th–17th century

Marionette: Female
Ibibio peoples
19th century

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

Headdress: Head
Ejagham peoples
19th–20th century

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

Wrapper
Nupe peoples
mid-20th century

Figure: Horn Player
Edo artist
1550–1680

Shrine Figure (Ikenga)
Igbo peoples
19th–20th century

Vessel (?)
Edo peoples
16th–19th century

Standing Figure
Mumuye peoples
19th–20th century

Headdress: Janus
Yoruba peoples, Ijebu group
19th–20th century

Figure: Oba with Ceremonial Sword
Chief Inneh
20th century

Staff: Equestrian Chief (Ogun)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Head Crest
Igbo peoples
19th–20th century

Ancestral Headdress
Jukun peoples
19th–early 20th century or before

Divination Vessel
Edo peoples
18th–19th century

Figure: Oba with Sacrificial Animals from the Ezomo's Altar of the Hand
Edo peoples
18th–19th century

Rattle Staff (Ukhurhe)
Edo peoples
19th–20th century

Idiophone: Bird of Prophecy (ahianmwen-oro)
Edo peoples
16th–19th century

Ceremonial Sword and Sheath
Edo peoples
1856–97

Figure: Head
Yoruba peoples
12th–15th century

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

Staff: Head (Edan Ogboni)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

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

Plank Headdress: Water Spirit
Ijo peoples
19th century

Commemorative Panel for Oba

Edo peoples

1979

Headdress (Ogbom)
Igbo peoples
Late 19th–early 20th century

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

Shrine Figure (Ikenga)
Igbo peoples
19th–20th century

Ibeji Twin Figure
Yoruba peoples, Ijebu group
19th–20th century

Wrapper (Adire)

Yoruba peoples

20th century

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

Headdress (Egungun)
Yoruba peoples
19th–20th century

Ceremonial Robe (Agbada)
Yoruba
mid-20th century