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This fly whisk has a rounded circular handle with an elephant standing on top of it. The handle is carved wood with a brown patina, covered with 24K red gold leaf. The shaft of the handle has ancestral faces. The horse tail attachment for shooing…

Carved wood with deep rich brown patina of a royal male with beard and tri-parte rounded coiffure, seated on throne chair holding staff with his left hand and a raised sword in his right, atop a chair- like base supported by 4 male ancestral figures…

In the Lagoon region of the Ivory Coast, the Attye and Ebrie people have statuses of full-frontal female figures which possess the distinct feature of raised coiffure and a rich patina.

This spoon is made of carved wood with a dark brown patina and a recessed oval-shaped bow. On the handle of the spoon is a full figure standing on mound base with his hands on his chest.

A male figure sits with his legs up and his right arm supporting a monkey seated on top of his head. Carved wood with dark brown patina.

This male figure with mirror eyes stands on top of a shell-shaped base with a human head at one end. There are two openings for inserting herbal medicines.

A royal female with her hands on her knees is seated on a stool. The stool forms the handle to a fly whisk. The black horse hair is used to shoo away flies. Carved wood with a warm rich brown patina.

A pangolin (or scaly anteater) stands on a flat base. Rising from the middle of its back are the neck and head of an antelope. The base has four holes for attaching to a basketry cap to be worn on a person's head. The antelope is covered with animal…

This wooden sculpture from the grassland region of Cameroon depicts royal and societal ceremonial life. Power and the prestige of t he king are represented by his throne supported by attendants and symbols of office.

In the Grasslands region of Cameroon, the Chief or his dignitaries will wear this type of feather hat. When folded, the hat takes a cylindrical form which is a foot in diameter as opposed to its much greater width when completely open.