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Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1700
Court attendant with eben (ceremonial sword)
1600
Ùhúnmwèlaò (commemorative portrait)
1500
Àgéré Ifá (Ifá divination vessel) with kneeling woman
1600
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Court Official with Cross Pendant
1700
Box with Ọ́bà Ozolua and unidentified ọ́bà
1800
Ọ́bà with Sacrificial Animals from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Idiophone with an ọ́bà
1700
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Ogbom dance crest fragment
1800
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Hip Ornament with Face
1500
Pendant with ram's head
1600
Lidded Box with Portuguese Face
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Ùrhọ̀tọ̀ (altar tableau) with an iyọ́bà (queen mother) and attendants
1700
Gold Weight: Chief with Attendant
1800
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Plaque with junior court official
1530
Pectoral ornament with face
1400
Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1700
Plaque with Warrior Chief
1530
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Court attendant with eben (ceremonial sword)
1700
Bracelet with Crocodile and Leopard Heads
1500
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Plaque with Ọ́lọ̀tọ̀n priest
1540
Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
Plaque with Warrior and Mudfish
1540
Base from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Seated Portuguese figure
1700
Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
Bracelet with Mudfish
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Akohen (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Aṣọ òkè ìró (woman's wrapper)
1800
Altar bell with a mudfish-legged ọ́bà
1700
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1430
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with Ọ́bà Ákẹ́nzùa I
1725
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1430
Lidded Vessel with Leopard and Prey
1500
Masquerade Element: Human Face
1700
The Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1700
Plaque with titleholder with calabash rattle
1500
Lidded Vessel with Fluted Gourd
1500
Box with Man, Goat, and Crocodile
1800
Pendant with Portuguese equestrian
1500
Oko (side-blown horn)
1800
Idiophone with an iyọ́bà
1700
Akohen (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Oko (side-blown trumpet)
1800
Hip ornament with face
1500
Bracelet with Four Figures
1800
Plaque with Two Fluted Gourds
1540
Plaque with Two Mudfish
1540
Plaque Fragment with Warrior Chief
1540
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Bracelet with Portuguese Heads and Mudfish
1700
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with three figures
1800
Figure Fragment: Head
1700
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Bracelet with Portuguese heads and mudfish
1500
Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures
1520
Egba Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1500
Staff with seated ọ́bà
1700
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants
1540
Hip ornament with face
1500
Hip ornament with Portuguese head
1500
Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià
1500
Oko (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Waist pendant with two mudfish
1500
Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1760
Plaque with Warrior and Fish
1540
Medicine Vessel with Two Figures
1700
Plaque with Ọ́bà (King) or Chief
1540
Staff finial with seated ọ́bà
1700
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Plaque with court official
1530
Kola Nut Vessel with Ram's Head
1700
Court Official with Hammer and Staff
1870
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1550
Plaque with Ìyàsẹ́ (Royal Commander) and Attendant
1540
Ubo akwara (pluriarc)
1850
Base of Lidded Vessel
1500
Double-faced water spirit crest
1890
Waist pendant with crocodile head
1500
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1700
Fragment of a leopard head
1600
Áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Bracelet with leopard heads and eben (ceremonial swords)
1600
Bini oru (water spirit) crest
1800
Plaque with Warrior and Attendants
1540
Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1600
Box with Portuguese Horseman
1800
Egba Bracelet with Three Heads
1700
Plaque Fragment with Mudfish
1540
Pendant Ornament with Three Figures
1800
Seated mother and child from an ikoro drum(?)
1400
Staffs: Couple (Edan Ogboni)
1800
Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1750
Ifá Divination Tapper
1800
Plaque with Portuguese Traders and Manillas
1540
Plaque Fragment with Warrior and Attendant
1540
Ekpoki (lidded vessel)
1500
Ukhurhe (rattle staff)
1790
Court official from a commemorative altar
1500
Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1600
Bracelet: Figures in Relief
1400
Ceremonial Sword and Sheath
1856
Medicine Vessel: Figure
1700
Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Rattle
1540
Altar bell with Portuguese heads
1500
Hip ornament with leopard head
1500
Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Amulet
1540
Staff finial with ram's head
1400
Head fragment from a monolith
1500
Udàmalóre (ceremonial sword)
1600
Hip ornament with face
1500
Bracelet with Four Figures
1888
Staff: Female Figure (Edan Ogboni)
1800
Staff for the ọ́bà's representative
1700
Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants
1540
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with hand holding mudfish
1500
Female figure from an obu (house of images)
1850
Stamp seal (scaraboid) with monster
-750
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal, for cuneiform tablets 1983.135.4a, b: private letter
-2000
Fragmentary gaming board: game of 58 holes
-1800
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal in Anatolian style
-2000
Fragmentary gaming board: game of 58 holes
-1800
Cuneiform tablet with a small second tablet: private letter
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.15a: quittance
-2000
Cuneiform tablet: private letter
-2000
Cylinder seal and modern impression: goddess leading a worshiper to a seated deity; bull god
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals: loan of silver
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.19a: legal decision by appointed judges
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.5a: record of a lawsuit
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a: loan of silver
-2000
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with five cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.21b: court deposition
-2000
Cylinder seal and modern impression: two humans and two animals
-1900
Sealing with stamp seal impression: double-headed eagle and geometric borders
-1800
Sealing with stamp seal impression: sphinx
-1800
Stamp seal and modern impression: birds of prey, one subduing caprids
-1820
Sealing with stamp seal impression: geometric designs
-1800
Sealing with stamp seal impression: confronted sphinxes
-1800
Sealing with one circular seal impression
-1800
Sealing with one circular seal impression
-1800
Sealing with stamp seal impressions: radiating griffins; banquet scene
-1800
Conoid seal with hammer head handle
-1820
Discoid sealing with two circular seal impressions
-1800
Sealing with stamp seal impression: rosette
-1800
Sealing with stamp seal impression: rosette
-1800
Sealing with stamp seal impression: seated figure
-1800
Sealing impressed by stamp seal: geometric pattern, griffin-headed wheel; bearded male sphinx
-1800
Oval sealing with one circular seal impression
-1800
Almond-shaped sealing with three circular seal impressions
-1800
Sealing with one circular seal impression
-1800
Sealing with stamp seal impressions: radiating griffins; banquet scene
-1800
Sealing with one circular seal impression
-1800
Almond-shaped sealing with one circular seal impression
-1800
Oval sealing with one circular seal impression
-1800
Sealing with stamp seal impression: geometric designs
-1800