Nigerian Sculpture Gallery
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Male figure of the Nok culture of present-day northern Nigeria. Artist unknown; ca. 195 BCE-205 CE.
Ivory salt cellar of the Edo people, Kingdom of Benin (in present-day Nigeria), in the Bini-Portugue
Carved door (wood with iron staples) thought to be by the artist Sakiwa of the Nupe peoples, Nigeria
Standing bronze oba sculpture from Benin City in the Kingdom of Benin (present-day southern Nigeria)
Figure of a horn-blower, from the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Edo State, Nigeria. Artist unknow
Yoruba twin statuettes covered with shells. Artist unknown; 20th century. Now in theMusée du quai
songnsilence:Nigerian SculptureBronze head , Ancient Iife.
Figure of a female devotee of the Yoruba thunder deity Shango, holding the god’s characteristic symb
Fragment of a terracotta head, from the ancient Yoruba city of Ife, in present-day Osun State, Niger
Plaque: Equestrian Oba and Attendants (Edo people, Kingdom of Benin,1550 – 1680).During the 16th and
Painted wood ikenga statuette of the Igbo people, Awka region, south-east Nigeria. Artist unknown;
Standing male shrine figure of the Igbo people, Nigeria. Artist unknown; 20th century. Now in the
Metal mask of a male face, made by the Nigeria-born Yoruba artist Ali Amonikoyi. Thought to have be
Bronze sculpted head of a queen mother (ioyba) from the Kingdom of Benin (part of present-day Nigeri
Head of an Oba. Edo peoples; Nigeria, Court of BeninCity. 19thC. MMA.
kilele: Oba Adesoji AderemiOni Of Ife 1940s . More Vintage Nigerian photos via nigerianostalgia
Adejoke Tugbiyele — Kidnapped (skeleton palm stems, horse hair, vulcanite disks, dear ho
New sculptures from Yinka Shonibare @shonibarestudio - one of my fave artists - are available to see
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