Male Head
Commemorative heads seem to date back to the time of Ogiso.
BRN-71
Nigeria
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Telar pulley
Pulley topped by a Yoruba head.
PLYTL-19
Telar pulley
A typically Yoruba head tops the top end of the pulley. ritual scarification on the forehead and necklace with red ceramic beads…
PLYTL-20
Cimera Jano
The ekoi or ejagam are a Bantu village established in Cameroon and mainly in Nigeria, in the Cross River area.
MCYC-36
Male cimera
Male head of skin. ekoiThey once made these heads out of their enemies and human skins.
MCYC-37
Offer Cup Yoruba (Nigeria)
The Yoruba statues of cup bearers are related to divination, serving for a part of a cup of offerings and welcome cup…
RCPT-12
Wooden vessel
Grand wooden vessel surrounded by reddish cords. On his cover he wears a fetish character with his body tied with strings.
RCPT-14
Queen’s Head
PINE DE RESIGIO WITH THE EFIGIE OF A MOTHER QUEEN.
PNS-16
Queen’s Head
A prestigious comb with the head of a queen mother. Old weld on a spike.
PNS-17
Baston De Commando
The baton of a remarkable Yoruba. These canes besides being used in divinatory practices are symbols of authority.
BST-3
Baston De Commando
A remarkable Yoruba cane. These canes, besides serving in divinatory practices, are a symbol of self-restraint.
BST-5
Dance Baston
This cane, which is used in ceremonial dances, represents a motherhood with the child behind his back in the African style.
BST-6
Marriage Chains
Chain formed by a bonding of links and rings made in a single piece of hard wood. the solidity of the union…
VAR-8
Ibedji Female
In the case of ”ibeji“ In Yoruba, ” “ibedji” means “twin”, if one or both twins die, the mother, on the advice…
GML-11
Couple of Ibedjis
In the case of ”ibeji“ In Yoruba, ” “ibedji” means “twin”, if one or both twins die, the mother, on the advice…
GML-12
Bracelet
Bracelet with the embossed drawing of a high court dignitary.
PYB-17
Bracelet
This old, heavy bracelet is surely a wedding gift from a father to his daughter or a man to his wife.
PYB-23
Princess Head
The Ekoï or Ejagham live on the southeastern border with Cameroon.
MCYC-38
Baston Oshe Shango
It is a cane or axe of ceremony used during the cult of the god of Thunder Shango, fourth Yoruba king who…
BST-20
Azuela sceptre
Curious scepter that has the shape of the zuelas used by the sculptors.
BST-31
Women’s Guardian Spirit
MUMUYE STATUS Mumuye blacksmiths sculpt longline, heavy-wood statues of women, called iagalagana they are kept in huts owned by families and…
EFM-69
Igalagana Women’s Guardian Spirit
MUMUYE STATUS Mumuye blacksmiths sculpt longline, heavy-wood statues of women, called iagalagana they are kept in huts owned by families and…
EFM-70
Couple of Ibedjis
In the case of ”ibeji“ In Yoruba, ” “ibedji” means “twin”, if one or both twins die, the mother, on the advice…
GML-15
Chain of Marriage
The chains called marriage are a symbol of marriage union. legend says that if the chain breaks, the marriage bond is broken…
VAR-15
