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Thorn carving depicting a canoe full of people and goods. Ten figures are shown seated in the canoe. At the prow are a few large bundles and a person wearing a large hat paddling. Through the middle of the canoe are people seated in pairs with small jars and bundles around them. At the stern another person is paddling.
Thorn carving depicting a firing squad execution scene (part a). Figures adhered to a rectangular particle board base. Along one edge are four military figures in army fatigues (layered wood chips) armed with large guns - one figure detached and detached head. Opposite are four condemned figures who are each tied to a post and blindfolded. The inscription on the base reads: "Bar Beach, Lagos, Nigeria. 25 May 1971. Public execution televised throughout federation."
Thorn carving depicting a person worshipping a large carved face with a dish and bowl nearby. The person is shown on their knees, bowing down with hands held in prayer. Figure adhered to a rectangular pressed board base with a stamp on the bottom: "Isaac [illegible] Ibadan".
Thorn carving depicting two figures watching television. Figures adhered to a rectangular pressed board base. One figure is seated, and the other is leaning down to their level. The TV sits on a tripod base, and there are various dishes on the floor.
Thorn carving depicting a soldier in army fatigues. Full camouflage outfit with wide-brimmed camouflage hat. The figure holds a long-barreled gun across their body. The figure's feet are adhered to a Federation of Nigeria halfpenny(?) coin.
Thorn carving depicting a seated figure praying with a book open and a block with writing on all sides. The figure wears a long robe, and a tall pointed hat. They hold their hands out in front of them. Figure adhered to a rectangular pressed board base.
Egungun headdress carved from a single piece of blackened wood. The base is dome-shaped with carved columns of small geometric shapes spaced by vertical lines. An arched crest extends from the top and is also carved with a continuation of the lower designs. The rim is decorated with a band of carved zigzags with a row of holes beneath.
Small sword. The curved blade is decorated with six cutout lines and an X design with a dot in each angle. Two rows of small hammered curved lines outline the edge of the blade and around each cutout. The handle depicts a seated female with hands on knees. She wears a tall pointed headdress with two smaller ear-like points extending out. She has small pointed breasts, a large protruding naval, wears a large necklace with triangular pendant, and has a band around her waist, which repeats down the handle three more times. Her cheeks are marked with lines representing scarification(?).
Oware(?) or Mancala game board carved from a single piece of wood. One end is decorated with a carved human head turned in profile. The person is depicted with short hair, large eyes, a large triangular nose and three marks on either cheek. The board is rectangular with two straight rows of six rounded pits or "houses". The sides of the board are scalloped, tapering in to the base, echoing the shape of the pits within. Between the pits are lightly carved diamonds, or double V-shapes on either end. The base is flat.
Agogô(?) bells composed of two similarly sized bells attached by a U-shaped piece of metal at the top. Each bell appears to have been formed from a single sheet of metal, folded, and then "pinched" at the top leaving one edge on each bell with a wide flat seam. The reverse reveals the seams and points of attachment from metalworking.