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Bini mask carved of wood. A woman's face with a small nose, small mouth, and large almond-shaped eyes with angled cutouts beneath. She wears a headdress with a small figure front and centre with a small tray directly behind them, and then another anthropomorphic figure extending up over the tray. The eyes, mouth and tray are coloured white with chalk. On either side of the central figure are carved decorations, and attached jar-like ornaments.
Egungun helmet mask carved from blackened wood. Round head with large bulging white eyes, large ears, a flat broad nose, and broad mouth with serrated teeth. Depicted with facial marks, with c. three vertical and three horizontal lines beneath on both cheeks; three horizontal lines on the forehead. A large braided hairstyle or headdress extends from the top of the head down to the left, tapering to a knob end.
Helmet mask. The mask depicts a red human face with a black brow ridge, black outlining the eyes, and black and white scarification on the cheeks (three vertical lines). The stout head has a small, wide face at the front, and a coiffure or headdress with three horizontal crests. Behind each ear is a fibre strap.
Mask carved of wood. Anthropomorphic mask with a human face and pair of large horns extending up from head. The face features a down turned nose, down-slanting eyes, and a large open mouth with three large fangs. The face is a lighter brown, with the horns and chin a dark brown, and the outlines of the facial features in black.
Mmwo helmet mask. Carved from a single piece of wood, the mask depicts a female face with a large ornate coiffure. The face is painted white with decorative green and black patterns on the cheeks and brows. There are small rounded red ears with green circular plugs(?), small cutout eyes, and a small grinning red mouth with teeth showing. The top piece is decorated with incised concentric ovoid's and lines on the hair, with a black crest with red cutout zigzag detailing between the arch and the 'hair'. Around the lower rim of the mask are evenly spaced holes.
Carved wooden animal (hyena?) mask. There are two large almond-shaped red eyes on the front of the head, with two small holes drilled through the pupils. Two dark blue-black pointed ears extend up at the top of the head. The creature has a long snout, with white teeth lining the slightly open mouth. The mouth is outlined in red and dark blue-black, with the red extending down on to the teeth at the front. A plain wooden collar extends back from the head, and has holes drilled through it. The mask is painted with dots of red, royal blue and white, and black lines horizontally across the snout.
Staff or dance wand. Wooden carving depicting a male figure standing next to a sacrificial ram. The figure holds a double axe in his right hand. His elongated head sits at an angle on his short neck. He has large almond eyes, and six horizontal lines on each cheek. Extending up from his head is a large ornate double axe-shaped headdress that curves down to points on each side. The figures stand on a square platform with carved diagonal lines around the sides and a plain cylindrical handle beneath.
Shadow puppet of the lower section of a traditional house (goes with 3364/10). Made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint or dye, soaked into the skin. The puppet depicts an uneven blue and red building with a blue, red and orange door with a brown overhang above and a lantern hanging. Next to the house is a pointy green plant. The maker's name is written across the red section.
Shadow puppet of the upper section of a traditional house (goes with 3364/11). Made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint or dye. Red and blue building with a capped black smoke stack extending up from the side. The roof is brown with a small point.
Small shadow puppet of background scenery. Shadow puppet made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint or dye, soaked into the skin. Depicts a square container with four arms with scalloped decoration, one rising out of each corner, that connect at the centre above. There appears to be a hook at the centre. The maker's name is written across the back of a piece of skin attached behind the puppet.