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Wooden helmet-shaped mask with a large central dome. From the front two flat plates form a mouth, with triangular ears on each side while two curved horns extend back. There is a crack along the center of the mask that appears to have been repaired locally with pitch or tar.
Chamba (Chamba (Nigerian))
Mask
1900 – 1974
Museum Purchase
1974/2.27
Wooden mask with a superstructure of curling horns with blue pigment. The face of the mask is white and the mouth is open with pointed teeth. Attached below the mouth is a panel of fur, possibly monkey fur. The forehead is dark in color while there is blue pigment above each eye. On each side of the head are possible animal figures or horns, while atop the forehead sits another set of horns or hairstyle that points downward, carved with a spiral design. 
Igbo (Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture))
Mask
1900 – 1978
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Weston
1978/2.14

Nigerian (Nigerian)
Base for Maternity Figure
Gift of Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
2006/2.72.1
Staff with a short, pointed handle. The top of the handle is surmounted by a rectangle with two inverted triangles. Underneath the triangles is a small face and a neck with four raised grooves.  
Igbo (Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture))
Staff
20th century
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.43

Igbo (Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture))
Ancestral Shrine Figure (Male)
1935 – 1945
Anonymous
1985/1.87

Nigerian (Nigerian)
Ritual Pipe
20th century
Gift of Mr. Stephen M. Taylor
1997/1.151

Igbo (Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture))
Elephant Mask
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.602
Wooden standing figure with one foot missing. There are two strings of beads around the neck and the face is painted white. The eyes, nose, and mouth are detailed with black pigment. The hair is black with an incised grid-like pattern. 
Igbo (Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture))
Standing Figure
20th century
Gift of Dr. Daniel and Sandra Mato
2003/2.29
Wooden figure in a standing position surmounted by two conical horns protruding from the top of the head. The legs are triangular in shape while the body is columnar with grooves on the left and right side. The hands in front hold an object that connects to the chin of the figure. 
Igbo (Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture))
Figure
20th century
Gift of Dr. Daniel and Sandra Mato
2003/2.47
Carved male figure playing a long flute that extends from his mouth past his stomach.  The base of the figure has a single-layer chevron pattern.
Lamidi Fakeye (Nigerian)
Flute Player
1950 – 1967
Gift of Lynn and Warren Tacha
2019/2.80

Nigerian (Nigerian)
Staff
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.48
Carved female figure with a child on her back. She carries a basket and balances another container on her head. The base of the piece has a double-layered chevron pattern. 
Lamidi Fakeye (Nigerian)
Shango's Wife
1950 – 1967
Gift of Lynn and Warren Tacha
2019/2.79
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