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Mask

Portrait Mask of a Woman (Ndoma)

Female Figure (Biiga)

Artist: Zimwomdya Koudougou (Bonam village, died early 1970s)

Rhythm Pounder in the Shape of a Female Figure (Doogele or Poro Piibele)

Mask Representing a Male Ancestor (Chihongo)

Equestrian Shrine Figure (Ojúbọ Ẹlẹ́ṣin) Depicting a Priestess of Ọya

Artist: Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè (Kájọlà, Kwara State, Nigeria, ca. 1885–1975)

Female Figure with Four Children

Oliphant

Olójú Foforo (The Owner of the Deep-Set Eyes), Mask Surmounted by a Figure of the Priestess of the Goddess Òsun

Artist: Dàda, known as Aréó-ògún-yàn-ná of Òsi-Ìlọrin (Yorùbá, ca. 1880–1954)

Mask Representing a Beautiful Mother (D'mba)

Bondo Society Mask (Nòwo)

Human Head

Fragment of a Male Figure

Necklace

Christian Processional Cross

Slit Gong (Idoro) with a Human Torso

Vessel

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