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circa 1880
Luba
wood, china beads, and string
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circa 1890
Songye
wood, copper, metal tacks, leather, snakeskin, raffia, and vegetable fiber cloth
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circa 1930
Songye
wood, animal skin, teeth, claws, seeds, beads, shells, vegetable fiber, and metal
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circa 1930
Songye
gourd with vegetable, animal, and mineral materials, cigarette butts, white kaolin, earth, wood, and natural fibers
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Yoruba
bronze
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Bamana
wood, iron
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20th century
Igbo
metal nails, wood and polychrome
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Zaramo
wood, red beads
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Bembe
wood
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20th century
Yoruba
bronze
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Zaramo
wood
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20th century
Yoruba
wood
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Late 19th - early 20th century
Ejagham
wood, antelope skin, and raffia
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Idoma
wood, polychrome, beads
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Zaramo
wood
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