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Shallow unglazed pot with rounded bottom and flaring rim. Interior and rim are semi-gloss black with burnished elliptical designs inside. Lower half of exterior is rough, sandy red-yellow with blackened areas.
Flat-bottomed dark brown glazed pot (part a) with flared rim extending into two wide lips with oval holes to form handles. Incised ridge near base, incised lines on outer, and inner edge of rim, and inner overhanging lip has incised line on outer edge. Lip forms surface on which lid (part b) rests. handle of lid has semi-circular handle rising clear of central flat area with incised line at outer edge, which descends in curved slope with one ridge to lid edge. Interior and exterior have mottled glossy surface with fine striations.
A single hardwood piece carving of a kneeling woman with a child on her back. A bowl is supported on her head with four extensions having a chevron design decoration, two of which are extending from the shoulders of the woman and from the head of the child. Both woman and child are wearing belts divided into vertical sections. The woman has two bands on each wrist, and the child has a heart-shaped form on his back suspended from his neck. The woman's hair is upswept. Her face is incised with three horizontal lines on each cheek. The child's face is similarly incised with vertical lines. The features of both faces are exaggerated, and the necks are elongated. The woman is holding the child by the ankles while the child grasps the woman under her arms. The bowl is shallow, rounded at the base, and has a flat-bottomed interior.
Eleven figures representing people standing and one prone in front of a shrine. Five are wearing sleeveless shirts and trousers. One is wearing a knee-length sleeveless dress. Three are wearing an elbow-length shirt and trousers. One is wearing a sleeved dress and two are wearing skirts. Seven are wearing hats. Six are holding containers. One is holding a double-headed conical drum with a straight stick in the left hand. Two figures are holding a dog suspended with rope. On the shrine there are three masks dotted with indigo blue paint, two rifles, three horn-like containers, one bottle-like container, and palm fronds. Clothing, drum ends, and part of guns are light yellow-brown. Limbs, heads, and some containers are dark brown. Hats, dog, some containers, palm fronds, and one mask are light red-brown. Base and rifles are light brown wood. Shrine and base are covered with variegated thorn chips.
Five figures representing people around a shrine. Four males and one female are before a two figure shrine on a dais. One figure has his hands on a drum, one is touching the shrine, two are holding objects, and one is simply standing. Cowrie shell in front of shrine. Male figures are wearing short-sleeved shirts over shorts while female is wearing a full-length gown. There are four styles of hats represented while one figure is bareheaded. One figure on the shrine has a cowrie shell on the back of his head while the other has a calabash containing an ancestral face on its head. Heads, arms, legs, and pot are dark brown. The shirts, shorts, and gowns are light yellow-brown. The figures, drum stand, dais, and cowrie shell are all glued to a light brown base. Four hats and the calabash are light red-brown.
Scene of a ritual offering with three standing figures before a shrine, consisting of a carved bearded head and a dwarf-like figure. Two tall double cones of ant hills, in opposite corners, one of which is light yellow-brown while the other is dark brown. Central figure is holding a chicken offering, the figure on the right is holding a drum and a drum stick, and the figure on the left is holding one container in one hand and another container on the chest. The dwarf-like figure has bush cow horn on the head and two pipe-shaped containers on the back. Head rests on mound into which two containers are embedded. Two containers are also embedded in the head. Three figures are wearing sleeveless knee-length garments, two of which are in pants while one is in a dress. Male figure is wearing a conical hat, and centre female figure has hair upswept into a top knot. Second male has short hair. Base, including support for head, is covered with variegated shavings. "Kekere Osa of Oyo" is written on the bottom of base.
Three figures representing people facing a shrine of heads. All figures are holding offerings. Dwarf-like man with beard is holding a skull and a bush cow horn, and he is wearing a short skirt. One man with a beard is holding a stick, and he is wearing knee-length pants with a horn attached to the front of his pants. One woman is holding a skull, and she is wearing a knee-length skirt. The shrine is holding a skull with a horn protruding from the forehead, and a horn held in its mouth, a large flat skull with two horns protruding from the forehead, a small flat skull on top of the head, a round skull with beard, and a stick embedded in top the of the head, and a horn lying on top of the head. Skulls lying on wood chip covered shrine. Heads, arms, legs, large skulls, two small skulls, and horns are dark brown. Clothes and some horns are light yellow-brown. Small skull, stick, and horns are light red-brown. On a wood base.
Nine bareheaded standing figures representing people. Eight are robed and five are holding rolled cloth objects in their right hand. The ninth figure is wearing a shirt, and pants, and is playing two conical shaped drums (membranophone) resting on the ground. Figures are encircling a tall, masked form decorated with headdress, horned-shaped objects, and thorn bush shavings. In front, there is a round table with seven horn-shaped objects, and thornbush shavings decorating the base of drums. Heads, limbs, mask, and three horns are dark brown. Robes, three horns, and head of drums are light yellow-brown. The drummers' shirts, pants, the spiral carved objects, table, centrepiece, and two horns are light red-brown. The wood base is covered with variegated thornbush shavings.
Round bowl with flat rim edges and with two red-brown bands. The body is light brown. Inside bottom is red-brown.
Pot with decoration in high relief consisting of six female figures arranged around the upper portion of the pot, four of which are carrying small auxiliary pots on their heads. These pots are evenly spaced around the rim of the main pot. They alternate with panels containing a handle and a snake-like motif. The snakes run down from the rim and terminate at a horizontal flange which separates the decoration from the lower portion of the pot. Two remaining females are placed in panels on opposite sides of the pot. Both high relief and pat decorated with incised lines and marks.