Togu na (House of Words). Dogon, Mali.

Ancestral couple, Dogon, Mali.

Satimbe mask, Dogon, Mali.

Emna Anyara (European mask), Dogon, Mali.

Mask of Queen Idya(?), c. 1520, Edo, Nigeria.

1472: Portuguese delegation to Oba Esigie’s court,

Salt-cellar, 16th century, Edo, Nigeria.

Altar to Oba Ovonramwen (reign: 1888-97), Edo, Nigeria.

Queen mother memorial head, 18th-19th century, Edo, Nigeria.

Ritual vessel, Ife, Pavement Period, 13th-14th c., Yoruba, Nigeria.

Ruler of Orangun in full regalia, Yoruba, Nigeria.

Esu Elegba, Yoruba, Nigeria.

Olowe of Ise (d. 1938), verandah posts, Ikere Palace, 1910-14, Yoruba, Nigeria.

Arowogun (1880-1954), palace door from Osi-Ilorin, Yoruba, Nigeria.

Elder of Ogboni society, Yoruba, Nigeria.