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M5. Walking Staff with kneeling female figure on handle. Wood, dark patina. attribution unknown
This piece, with M6, may have been associated with worship of the Yoruba deity Shango. Shango staffs are used in dances at the annual festival for the thunder god.
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M6. Walking Staff with standing female figure. Wood, late Yoruba piece
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M7. Terra-Cotta Pipe. Owo region, Nigeria
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M8. Terra-Cotta Head painted in black, white and blue - Owo region, Nigeria, near the delta of the Niger River
Possibly funeral portraits. Surviving terra-cotta pieces from the region are rarely in good condition, because of the low firing temperature.
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M10. Terra-Cotta Juju Figure with cowrie shells
Cowrie shells were a widespread medium of currency and trade.
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