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Headdress, or mask, depicting a human face with pointed lips, stylized ears, and raised rows of hair with incised lines, and three incised almond-shaped clan scarifications on the cheeks as well as the forehead. A chicken is depicted sitting on top of the the figure's head with its wings relaxed downwards, tail pointing upwards, and legs dangling down at the back of the head. The headdress is painted with white eyes, a white scalp with black hair, blue scarifications, and alternating white and blue bands delineate the chicken's feathers.
Dark brown carved wooden stool with a seat that curves upwards at the ends. Central column pierced with square holes, outer supports have scalloped edges. Flat, rectangular base.
Helmet mask with a domed shape that has a small face, elaborate ridged coiffure surmounted by a bird, and a sisal fringe around base. Highly polished.
Black, stylized wooden antelope headdress. Highly sophisticated design; strong pierced design in neck of antelope. Elongated head and horns, all covered with incised line patterns; dwarfed legs.
Red-brown round pot with a spherical shape on the base. Three decorative concave knobs are on the top with a circular handle in the middle of the top and a pointed spout. The upper portion around these decorative knobs and spout has a main design that consists of incised line patterns around the top which are painted red and black.
Mask with circular cut out eyes outlined by tin. Has a nose and an open mouth. Feathers secured to the top with resin in between two upright horns. Long brown fur on the chin. Cloth straps at the back.
Standing wood female figure (ibeji). Head is capped with a conical four-sided rounded headdress. Three scarification marks are horizontally incised along the cheeks. Extended arms have hands touching thighs.Has breasts. Has short legs in relation to body and the feet are very large. Stands on circular pedestal. Beads around neck and hips. Covered with camwood paste.
Woman with a large belly and an elongated head hanging down from being stooped over. Face is marked with tribal scars of diagonal grooves. Four sets of grooves radiate from the navel. Back is hunched over with the arms resting at either side. The knees are bent and the feet are long.
Figures carved under each one of the seed pots, with six pairs totaling twelve. There is an upturned head carved at each end. Painted black, brown, and blue in vegetable dyes.
Wood figure of a male sitting on a stool. His heavily lidded rounded eyes are slightly open. Has a nose, a mouth, and ears. Incised line patterns form coiffure. From his broad shoulders, the arms extend downward, bending at the elbow so that the hands are resting over the knees. Stained black.