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Pipe bowl with two tubular stems protruding from a pointed base. Thicker stem is embellished with incised vertical lines around the bottom portion. Overall, brown-red in colour.
Pot shaped bowl with tubular stem protruding from the side. Bowl of pipe has incised diagonal lines and triangular grooves around the perimeter. It tapers towards the base and flares to a small pedestal.
Vase-shaped pipe bowl with flared rim. Tubular piece protrudes from one side. Bowl and tube are hollow. There are crosshatching designs on the outside of the flared rim followed by a series of thick and thin incised strips. Tubular piece has a series of evenly spaced incised strips. Base has a small raised scalloped pedestal foot.
Standing wood figures (ibeji). Two male figures, with the one (part a) slightly smaller than the second (part b). Both have black hair indicated by incised line patterns. Each figure has incised tribal marks, four of which are vertical at the top middle of the forehead with another three vertical on the cheeks. Part a has four more, while part b has five more tribal marks vertical along the sides of the face extending at a diagonal angle downward along the middle bottom of the face. More tribal marks radiate from and point downward from the naval. There are also vertical tribal marks on the chest. Extended arms have hands touching thighs. The legs of each figure are very short in relation to body and the feet are fairly large. The first figure (part a) has a necklace of long red, white, and blue cylindrical beads with smaller beads of a similar kind around its waist, right wrist, and both ankles. The second figure (part b) has two strings of tiny brown beads around its waist with anklets of a similar kind to the first figure (part a). Each stands on circular pedestal.
Wood figure of a man on platform of a staff. Wearing the grass skirt, and tall conical cap of a feticheur and holding a rattle his left hand. Figure has tribal marks on cheeks. There is a stuffed fabric band around the bottom. A string of cowrie shells is attached to the wood loop at the bottom.
A long wood lanceolate paddle shape that has a pointed blade with incised and pierced designs on the blade and the handle. Both sides of the blade have a four part design starting from the rounded end to the pointed tip of incised zig zags with longitudinal lines, a longitudinal band of incised hatch marks surrounded at each outer corner with an arch-doorway-like pierced shaped, a pierced design of zig zag surrounded by an incised design of hatch marks on each side and a carved zig zag line midway to the pointed tip. Each part of the four part design is separated by a plain horizontal band outlined with an incised horizontal line on each side. The handle is pierced with a zig zag along the middle with jagged edges along the sides and a pointed end.
A long hollowed out piece which is more rounded at one end and tapers down at the other end. Both ends are open and are rimmed with black. The central design four birds with fan-like tails surrounded by an alternating geometric pattern of six horizontal black lines and triangles with dots and cross hatch marks. Colour: light brown.
A musical instrument consisting of a long wood stick that has a small cross at the end to support the skin part which is wrapped around to create a slightly angled flat elongated oval-shaped top with rounded sides. The long wood stick extends upward for a handle to which two strings are attached with leather and are strung around the cross for tension.
A wood paddle shape, with a pointed blade that has incised, and pierced geometric designs on the blade that include lines, rectangles, triangles, and square dots. The handle is carved in a crocodile design with four legs and an open mouth at the end. The body of the crocodile which has curved outward sides, also has an incised pattern of rectangles. The mouth of the crocodile is jagged edged along the sides. The forelegs are curved forward while the backlegs are curved backward.
Standing metal figure of a crowned member of the royal court with ceremonial sword (eben) in his right hand, which is bent forward at the elbow. He is wearing armour and a helmet; stack of coral beads wrapped around his neck (odigba). His left arm is resting, bent at the elbows so that his hand can rest on the front of his dress. Stiff angular lines with a geometrical pattern of diamond-shaped lattice work on the dress. He is wearing an elaborate helmet with three protrusions sticking upward. The sword has a lanceolate shape which tapers downward and then flares outward at the end where there are two flat circles and a twisted loop. Has a brown patina. On a flat rectangular base.