Yoruba Art

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Yoruba twin statuettes covered with shells.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in theMusée du quai

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Divination board for an Ifa priest of the Yoruba people, Nigeria.  Now in the Los Angeles County Mus

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Egungun mask of the Yoruba people, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in theMusée du quai

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Ivory Yoruba divination tapper (iroke ifa), from present-day Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria.  Artist unkno

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Yoruba mask used in the Gelede festival.  Now in the Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

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Ivory armband from the Yoruba city-state of Owo (in present-day Ondo State, Nigeria).  Artist unknow

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Yoruba wooden sculpture of Queen Victoria, modeled after an official photograph taken in 1887.  Arti

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Metal mask of a male face, made by the Nigeria-born Yoruba artist Ali Amonikoyi.  Thought to have be

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Yoruba-style helmet (copper alloy) depicting two birds of prey attacking a horse-headed snake.  From

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Carved figure of a breastfeeding woman, thought to represent Odudua, an earth goddess/mother figure

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Magbo mask (wood, textiles, metal, and sequins) of the Yoruba people, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; 19th

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Epa mask used in the Epa masquerade by the Yoruba people, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; early 20th centu

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Figure of a female devotee of the Yoruba thunder deity Shango, holding the god’s characteristic symb

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Learning woodcarving has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I have had in Ni

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Learning woodcarving has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I have had in Ni

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Learning woodcarving has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I have had in Ni

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Learning woodcarving has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I have had in Ni

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Learning woodcarving has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I have had in Ni

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Learning woodcarving has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I have had in Ni

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