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Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1700
Court attendant with eben (ceremonial sword)
1600
Court attendant with eben (ceremonial sword)
1700
Plaque with Portuguese Traders and Manillas
1540
Plaque with Ọ́lọ̀tọ̀n priest
1540
Plaque with Warrior and Mudfish
1540
Seated Portuguese figure
1700
Court official from a commemorative altar
1500
Plaque with junior court official
1530
Hip ornament with face
1500
Hip ornament with leopard head
1500
Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants
1540
Plaque with Ọ́bà (King) or Chief
1540
Court Official with Hammer and Staff
1870
Staff finial with seated ọ́bà
1700
Hip ornament with Portuguese head
1500
Bracelet with Mudfish
1500
Bracelet with Four Figures
1800
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1430
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1550
Plaque Fragment with Warrior Chief
1540
Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1760
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1700
Ùhúnmwèlaò (commemorative portrait)
1500
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1700
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Ceremonial Sword and Sheath
1856
Lidded Box with Portuguese Face
1500
Pendant Ornament with Three Figures
1800
Hip Ornament with Face
1500
The Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1700
Plaque with court official
1530
Plaque with Warrior and Attendants
1540
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià
1500
Plaque Fragment with Warrior and Attendant
1540
Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures
1520
Ùhúnmwèlaò ọ́ghé iyọ́bà (head of a queen mother)
1750
Plaque with Warrior and Fish
1540
Kola Nut Vessel with Ram's Head
1700
Plaque with Warrior Chief
1530
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1800
Fragment of a leopard head
1600
Ùhúnmwèlaò (head of an ọ́bà)
1430
Oko (side-blown trumpet)
1800
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1600
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Bracelet with Four Figures
1888
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Oko (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Akohen (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Staff with seated ọ́bà
1700
Idiophone with an ọ́bà
1700
Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1600
Egba Bracelet with Three Heads
1700
Staff for the ọ́bà's representative
1700
Idiophone with an áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Egba Bracelet with Crocodile Heads
1500
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with hand holding mudfish
1500
Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with three figures
1800
Idiophone with an iyọ́bà
1700
Bracelet with Crocodile and Leopard Heads
1500
Ifá Divination Tapper
1800
Akohen (side-blown trumpet)
1700
Bracelet with Portuguese Heads and Mudfish
1700
Lidded Vessel with Fluted Gourd
1500
Box with Man, Goat, and Crocodile
1800
Base of Lidded Vessel
1500
Lidded Vessel with Leopard and Prey
1500
Medicine Vessel with Two Figures
1700
Box with Portuguese Horseman
1800
Ekpoki (lidded vessel)
1500
Box with Ọ́bà Ozolua and unidentified ọ́bà
1800
Bracelet with leopard heads and eben (ceremonial swords)
1600
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Pendant with Portuguese equestrian
1500
Áhianmwọ́rọ̀ (bird of prophecy)
1500
Plaque with titleholder with calabash rattle
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Court Official with Cross Pendant
1700
Pendant with ram's head
1600
Waist pendant with two mudfish
1500
Base from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Pectoral ornament with face
1400
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Waist pendant with crocodile head
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Ọ́bà with Sacrificial Animals from the Ézọ́mọ's Ikẹ̀gòbọ̀ (Altar to the Hand)
1800
Medicine Vessel: Figure
1700
Hip ornament with face
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Hip ornament with face
1500
Waist pendant with equestrian figure
1500
Figure Fragment: Head
1700
Bracelet: Figures in Relief
1400
Bini oru (water spirit) crest
1800
Plaque with Ìyàsẹ́ (Royal Commander) and Attendant
1540
Staffs: Couple (Edan Ogboni)
1800
Staff: Female Figure (Edan Ogboni)
1800
Gold Weight: Chief with Attendant
1800
Masquerade Element: Human Face
1700
Àgéré Ifá (Ifá divination vessel) with kneeling woman
1600
Plaque with equestrian ọ́bà (king) and attendants
1540
Ukhurhe (rattle staff) with Ọ́bà Ákẹ́nzùa I
1725
Staff finial with ram's head
1400
Seated mother and child from an ikoro drum(?)
1400
Plaque with Two Fluted Gourds
1540
Oko (side-blown horn)
1800
Ubo akwara (pluriarc)
1850
Udàmalóre (ceremonial sword)
1600
Female figure from an obu (house of images)
1850
Aṣọ òkè ìró (woman's wrapper)
1800
Double-faced water spirit crest
1890
Ogbom dance crest fragment
1800
Head fragment from a monolith
1500
Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
Bracelet with Portuguese heads and mudfish
1500
Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
Ùrhọ̀tọ̀ (altar tableau) with an iyọ́bà (queen mother) and attendants
1700
Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Amulet
1540
Plaque with Court Official Holding a Protective Rattle
1540
Altar bell with Portuguese heads
1500
Altar bell with a mudfish-legged ọ́bà
1700
Plaque with Two Mudfish
1540
Plaque Fragment with Mudfish
1540
Ukhurhe (rattle staff)
1790
Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Footed cup with human busts in medallions
200
Scimitar with Scabbard
1550
Saber (Kilij) with Scabbard
1750
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1501
Rhyton terminating in a horned lion
-400
Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66)
1500
Pair of Leg Defenses (Greaves)
1450
Armor for Man and Horse
1425
Bell-shaped seal with perforated fist-shaped handle
-600
Vessel in form of bull
100
Wall panel with a bird in roundel
500
Incantation bowl with Aramaic inscription
5
Cuneiform tablet: loan with work agreement, Egibi archive
-512
Cuneiform tablet: certification of presence of interested party, Egibi archive
-525
Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin
-2
Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar
-200
Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar
-200
Wall decoration with floral and vegetal design
500
Cuneiform tablet: account regarding temple sheep, Ebabbar archive
-519
Cuneiform tablet: account of dates as imittu-rent, Ebabbar archive
-534
Cuneiform tablet: declaration before witnesses, Egibi archive
-550
Incantation bowl with Aramaic inscription
5
Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal: account of archers for military service, Ebabbar archive
-514
Cuneiform tablet: receipt for dates, Egibi archive
-520
Wall decoration with vegetal design
500
Cuneiform tablet: account of rent payment of pomegranates, Ebabbar archive
-513
Fragment with Middle Persian script from a bilingual inscription of King Narseh
293