↗Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ejagham-style maker · early 1900s
Headdress
Creator not recorded
EXPLORE / TRADITIONS
African sculpture
A collection pathway for comparing materials, dates and places. The objects here are a small sample of a much wider and internally varied history.
DATES IN THIS SAMPLE
1800–1968
Object dates, not the boundaries of a tradition.
LOOKING PROMPT
Compare the objects below. Which materials and visual choices recur? Which differences resist a single label?
FOLLOW A MATERIALmetal casting ↗
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↗Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Benue River Valley, Unidentified maker · probably 1800s
Male figure
Creator not recorded
↗Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker · 1900s
Ifá diviner's necklace (òdìgbà Ifá)
Creator not recorded
↗Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Idoma-style carver · early 1900s
Headdress
Creator not recorded