Benin City
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Pluriarc

Figure (art)
Mask (dance & live theatre)

Ceremonial weapon

Ceremonial weapon
Necklace
Necklace
Necklace

Mask (dance & live theatre)

Bullet (cartridges (weapons: ammunition))

Armlets (adornment)

Oil container (food processing & storage)

Oil container (food processing & storage)

Oil container (food processing & storage)

Oil container (food processing & storage)

Frame

Combs (toilet articles)

Horn

Plaque (art)

Altar piece (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus); bells

Bag (containers)

Plaque (art)

Frame

Plaque (art)

Plaque (art)
Staff of office

Amulet

Altar piece

Armlet (arm ornament)

111.242.12 suspended bells

Container (containers)
Key (locks & enclosures)
Loom component; textile tool
Comb (hair ornament)
Container (containers)
Figure (communication artefact)

Armlet (adornment)

Hip ornament

Bracelet (arm ornaments); armlet (arm ornament)

Plaque (art)

Staff of office
Metal cast

Figure (communication artefact); single figure (figure (art))

Plaque; casting; stage of manufacture
Plaque; casting; stage of manufacture

Plaque

Ohen okhuaihe n' ogheghe (the chief priest of the river deity "okhuaihe" at ogheghe)

Pendant (neck ornament (personal adornment))

Ritual object

Staff of office
Collection Information
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