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Standing wood figure (ibeji) on circular base. Nude figure stands straight, with arms at sides, connected to hips. Thin torso, with slightly rounded stomach, underneath pointed breasts. Has pronounced belly button, buttocks, and genitalia. Lines carved along edges of hands and feet, imitating fingers and toes. Figure has a long nose, open mouth, and two sets of four lines incised across each cheek. Eyes are bulging and have metal nails hammered into their centres. Ears carved in relief and rest flat against head. Head comes to a point, with a raised oval-shape draped across it; tips of oval touch ears on either side of head. Figure has strands of beads wrapped around neck, waist, and wrists. Circular beads around neck are dark blue, with red and white zigzag decorations around openings. Two strands of beads around waist are circular and black. Tubular beads at wrists are yellow, with green and maroon stripes across them. Rectangular sticker on bottom of base.
Gelede mask (part a) that depicts a squat human face with horns; left horn is separate (part b). Face has protruding eyes, triangular nose, and pointed lips; carved ears rest flat against head. Pupils drilled out. Scarification on the cheeks, four diagonal lines, and on forehead, three vertical lines. Top and sides, of upper half of mask, are raised; right side is partially cross-hatched. Eyes are white, outlined in black, and scars are painted black; face is painted red-brown, and upper section is dark green-blue. White horns consist of large ovals that narrow into cylinders; cylinder sections attach to sides of head with nails. Hole drilled into top centre of mask. Interior is roughly carved out and undecorated. Ring attached to top edge, for hanging purposes.
Cast bronze, hollow female head with tall protruding crown or ukpe-okhue. The pointed crown is formed of a net of cylindrical beads (appears cross-hatched), with its point curving forward. There are two vertical bands on the forehead between the eyes, and four scars (raised vertical lines) above each eyebrow. Many breaks and corrosion in the layered metal.
Heavy, cast bronze plaque, depicting three male figures, standing side by side. The top edge is straight with two metal rings for hanging attached at each side, and parts of the central figure's headdress projecting past the upper edge. The sides start out straight at the top but then curve around the bottom. The rear of the plaque is concave behind each figure;
Pair of leather sandals with an embroidered green pattern covering much of the foot bed. The upper part of each sandal is made mainly of brown leather, with dyed parts used for the design. The wide strap is green on top, brown underneath. The fine, detailed linear design is made by very thin strips of green leather being woven through the leather of the foot bed. Parts of the upper sandal are also dyed black, along with the edges. The sole of each sandal has a softer piece of beige cow skin attached, that still has some brown hair at the centre.
Exu dance wand. Wooden wand composed of two sections: a carved humanoid figure on the top and a smooth, cylindrical handle on the bottom. The figure is kneeling on top of a circular section of wood; the handle connects to the underside of this circular section. The figure is holding two objects in each hand, and their arms are close to their chest. The figure appears to be wearing a headdress, composed of a cylinder extending from the top of the head that connects to a large irregular hexagon. There are incised lines on the figure's face and they appear to be wearing a loincloth-like garment. There is a loop carved out of the bottom of the handle.
Heddle or loom pulley carved of wood, with two back-to-back figures. One figure appears to be a female with carved breasts, and the other has a collar-like protrusion. The two figures share the top of a head with carved angled lines. The facial features are carved, with long, narrow heads, large ears, long narrow noses, and small mouths. Their torsos are also carved with angled lines. Beneath the figures, a wooden spool is mounted on a metal shaft between two rectangular brackets. Dark brown thread is inserted through a hole in the figure's heads, and tied to create a small tassel.
Animal horn decorated with incised lines and figures. Descending from the base of the horn, the incised decorations consist of a row of humanoid faces, a row of lizard-like animals, and a final row of linear patterns. A small portion near the tip of the horn is smooth. There is a metal topper in the shape of a humanoid head attached to the tip of the horn.
U-shaped metal bracelet with ends that curve upwards and point toward each other. The u-shaped section is smooth, while the curved ends are decorated with raised lines and dots of various sizes. One end has a hole bored through it; the bulbous tip of this end is detachable.
Lenticular metal bracelet with an oval-shaped opening. The bracelet has raised end sections and lowered middle sections. The outer section of the bracelet is decorated with raised dots of varying sizes as well as raised ovals and lines; while the inner section/underside is smooth.