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Carcaj & Arrows
Carcaj and small arrows of hunting and defense. Often the tip of the arrows is poisoned.
ARM-56
Nigeria
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Queen Mother comb
Prestigious comb representing a queen mother of Benin.
RGL-1
Ventral mask Hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite-sized ventral mask. Hermaphrodite is a figure that often appears in the statuary and African masks.
MVT-6
Cimera Jano De Piel
The ekoi or ejagam are a Bantu village established in Cameroon and mainly in Nigeria, in the Cross River area.
MCYC-49
Funeral Mask
The mask has lost over time the characteristic white pigmentation of the funeral masks.
MFANT-210
Arc
Arch used for hunting and in other times also for defense.
ARM-52
Head of Oni
A reduced head of an Oni, king of ife, with its characteristic crown on the head on whose forehead stands a plume.
BRN-127
Head of Oni
Ife's art is characterized by the beauty and balance of its lines and by a penetrating realism and a swrenity that seems…
BRN-128
Funeral statuette
Small and curious mambila stone destined without doubt to a funerary use given the configuration of the piece.
TRRC-75
Funeral Mask
Mask intended to dance at funerals. Serious face as the circumstance requires.
MFANT-215
Altar Mask
These masks are kept in the family altars and are intended to honor the deceased.
MSOAL-13
Man With Fans
Character with an elaborate hairstyle with collar at the neck, bracelets on the arms and elegant dress that has in his hands…
TRRC-76
Nam Nbalang Mask
One of the best known masks of the Chamba is the famous buffalo mask, is a helmet mask, with flat and elongated…
MFZ-56
Container for Snake Eggs
Vessel intended to store snake eggs used in sacrificial rituals by Yoruba.
TRRC-77
Mask Helmet Gelede
It is believed that the origin of the Geledé cult occurs on the occasion of the mythical passage from matriarchal society to…
MCYC-52
Chair of Ceremony About Chariatides
Chair with profusely decorated cariatides of which in African art are usually known with the name "throne".
VAR-34
Alusi Masculino
An important figure in culture Igbo are the “Alusi” or geniuses of nature, responsible for disease and death, and charged with punishing…
-38
Funeral Mask
Curious and rare funeral mask that presents circular and exaggeratedly large eye orbits as well as the eyeballs, with large eyelids, that…
MFANT-220
Royal Plate
This plaque represents a remarkable warrior's dress flanked by two servers, at the top, of which only the torso and head appear.
BRN-129
Obatala In Her Mount
This equestrian figure personifies Obatala in his mount, an ancestor of the Yoruba Deified who also receives the name “Jagunjagun”.
EMS-124
Queen’s Head
These heads representing Queen Mother Oba were the replica of the owner's face, in a size equivalent to about two thirds of…
BRN-136
Comb
Seven-point comb of the so-called broc and African, brass, whose handle is rowed with the head of the typical ethnic queens.
PNS-33
Oba Bust
Oba Bust dating hard to define. It is a very rusty piece with some small cast defects.
BRN-140
King Buso
It is a bust of Oba or king of Benin that is difficult to define.
BRN-141
