Helmet Mask
Rare mambila mask with voluminous and hanging ears.
MCYC-14
Nigeria
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Facial Mask
Impressive appearance of this mask coming from the riverside region Niger and Benué, located south of Idah, capital of the IgalaThese masks…
MFANT-81
Gelede Mask
Gelede mask dedicated to the cult of the twins.
MFANT-86
Egungun mask
It represents the wife of Obatala, an orisha of the Earth surrounded by her children.
MCYC-15
Yelmo Gelede mask
It is believed that the origin of the Geledé cult occurs on the occasion of the mythical passage from matriarchal society to…
MYL-7
Mask Knight Obatala
Personifies Obatala, an ancestor of the Yoruba Deified who also receives the name “Jagunjagun”.
MFG-18
Yelmo Epa mask
These masks represent the principal Orishas, incarnation of the attributes of Olorum, the supreme and distant God of men.
MYL-9
Mask Helmet Gelede
Gelede society practices the cult that gives its name to older women, “our mothers” (awon sya wa) who can use their powers…
MCYC-18
Facial Mask
Softwood mask that has badly resisted the passage of time and attacks of the xylophages.
MFAZ-31
Mask Bufalo Kantana
Stylized representation of the buffalo whose horns join together forming a circle.
MFZ-42
Terracotta Head Of Ife
Reproduction of old Ife head, with holes provided for the insertion of beard and hair.
TRRC-44
Mask Helmet Monkey Vakano
Curious and rare mumuye mask that features an exaggeratedly elongated skull, jumping eyes and slightly crushed tubular mouth.
MFANT-114
Female Head Mask
Voluminous, heavy and strange Ekoi head, in the form of a scimer but whose weight prevents it from being covered, so it…
MSOAL-5
Helmet Mask
It is believed that the origin of the Geledé cult occurs on the occasion of the mythical passage from matriarchal society to…
MCYC-20
Jar
Terracotta jug of anthropomorphic forms whose handles are the arms, exaggerated, of the character and the vessel his body.
TRRC-4
Female Statue
Statue of a young man who began, as shown by his facial scarifications and wrists in the form of bracelets.
TRRC-5
Cola box
Tail box for use of the royal house. It is decorated with warriors and court servants.
BRN-91
Spoon Ritual
Ceremonial spoon made of hard wood, from lakes.
CHR-22
Ceremonial Spoon
Spoon whose handle is a man touched with a chechia and heart-shaped face.
CHR-23
Head of Oba
Reproduction of a head of Oba, king of Ife, probably from the beginning of the century XX.
BRN-53
Royal Painted
Painted designed, like the Okpa cocks, to adorn the altars of the powerful Queen Mother in the Oba palaces in Benin City.
BRN-56
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-24
Opon Ifa fortune-telling tray
The fortune teller, the babalawoPut sixteen palm nuts on the tray to proceed to the divinatory rite.
MYA-9
Agbogho mask
The Agbogho masks as well as many masks of the Igbo represent female characters and who respond to their ideal of feminine…
MFAZ-63
