Artworks · Yoruba

Mask for Egungun (Ere Egungun)

1875 · Wood and pigment

38.1 × 24.8 × 31.8 cm (15 × 9 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.)

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Crest Masks

1867 · Wood, pigment, and string

26.4 × 21 × 42.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/4 × 16 5/8 in.)

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Altar Stool

1850 · Wood and pigment

40 × 34.3 cm (15 3/4 × 13 1/2 in.)

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Headdress (Ago Egungun)

1850 · Wood and pigment

33.1 × 23.2 × 23.5 cm (13 × 9 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

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Headdress (Jagún Jagún)

1834 · Wood, iron, nails, fiber, and sacrificial materials

Figure and Shield: 110.5 × 38.1 × 43.2 cm (43 1/2 × 15 × 17 in.)

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Esu Dance Staff (Ogo Elegbara)

1825 · Wood

49.6 × 17.8 × 22.9 cm (19 1/2 × 7 × 9 in.)

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Oil Lamp in the Form of a Woman's Body

1800 · Ceramic

31 × 62 cm (12 3/16 × 24 7/16 in.); Diam.: 62 cm (24 7/16 in.)

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Pair of Staffs (Edan)

1750 · Ivory, iron, and string

Longer One: 24.2 × 6.4 × 1.3 cm (9 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 in.); Shorter One: 21 × 5.1 × 2 cm (8 1/4 × 2 × 3/4 in.)

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Tapper (Iroke Ifa)

1601 · Ivory

47 × 5.1 × 7.7 cm (18 1/2 × 2 × 3 in.)

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