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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.

Carved wood male face mask in a dark brown patina with white kaolin highlights. The small carved beard has a woven rope and raffia beard attached to it and fabric behind it.

This monkey figure is referred to as a gbekre, a brother of the buffalo spirit known as Guli. It is carved out of natural unstained wood. This figure fulfils a deity role by receiving offerings in agricultural rituals and protects the living. A…

Fly whisk features two elephants with their trunks entwined around a tree. The center shaft is missing the blue indigenous fabric for shooing away flies. It is made of carved wood with brown patina and 24K red gold leaf.

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…

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 figure has a single body with two heads—one male and one female. The female head has a crest of hair. There is a large hole at the back for inserting herbal medicines. This is hand-made terra cotta with dark brown vegetable patina with red…

This small figure is of a pregnant female with her arms outstretched behind her. She has rings around her ankles, arms, chest and hips and is wrapped in indige-nous fabric. This is a one of a kind, hand-made terra cotta with a dark brown vegetable…