Helmet Mask
Large helmet mask that intervenes mainly in the rites of initiation of young people.
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Nigeria
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Facial Mask
Curious anthropozoomorphic mask with bird beak-shaped mouth, with teeth.
MFAZ-65
Initiating Cimer
The Wawa are a small ethnic group, neighbors and relatives of Igbomainly in the north of the capital of Nigeria, Abudja, on…
MCYC-51
Head of Queen Mother Iyoba
Queen's head mother of terracotta with pointed headdress. It is a reproduction of the classic bronze heads.
TRRC-6
Gelede Maternity
The Gelede cult, practiced mainly by the Yoruba Westerners, it is a cult in honor of living or deceased elderly women.
TRRC-11
Young Warrior Ikenga
Young initiated with his warrior attributes.
TRRC-12
Head of Man
A head that undoubtedly constitutes a fragment of an entire body figure.
TRRC-29
Head of Man
Beautiful reproduction of the Xx century of an old Ife head, with the holes provided for the insertion of beard and hair.
1
Hunter
Small polychrome terracotta figure depicting a bearded hunter with a small antelope carried over his shoulders.
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Head
Touched head of an elongated hairstyle in conical form. No doubt fragment of a larger figure.
TRRC-38
Female Figure
terracotta figure that looks feminine given its appearance and ornaments.
TRRC-39
Notable Woman
The terracottas Nok have been dated, mostly, between the centuries IV A.C. a II D.C.
TRRC-42
Cimera Ogdobo Inyi
The Wawa are a small ethnic group, neighbors and relatives of Igbomainly in the north of the capital of Nigeria, Abudja, on…
MFG-47
Ibedji
In the case of ”ibeji“ In Yoruba, ” “ibedji” means “twin”, if one or both twins die, the mother, on the advice…
GML-6
Ibedji
In the case of ”ibeji“ In Yoruba, ” “ibedji” means “twin”, if one or both twins die, the mother, on the advice…
GML-7
Head of Queen Iyoba
The commemorative heads seem to date from the time of the Ogiso, as the kings of Igodomigodo were called, the name given…
BRN-59
Guerrero
The artists in Binin City were organized into corporations living in opposite neighborhoods.
BRN-62
Royal Head
Commemorative heads seem to date back to the time of Ogiso.
BRN-64
Head of Queen Mother Iyoba
Representation of a queen mother iyoba head on a pedestal.
BRN-65
Votive statuette
The statues, offerings, votive figures and exvotes are not in Africa an offering dedicated to God or to the gods for a…
FIV-8
Fertility Post
Fertility, whether from fields or from people, is one of the central themes of traditional African societies.
FRT-29
Commemorative Head
Commemorative heads seem to date back to the time of Ogiso.
BRN-66
Royal Plate
They began to be manufactured from the century on. XVI.
BRN-70
Facial Mask
Facial mask that participates in the initiation of adolescents and funeral ceremonies.
MFANT-158
