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armlet
Wood, inlaid with brass wire.
armlet
Wood, inlaid with brass wire.
image symbol sceptre
Seated human figure in brass above a hook-shaped iron handle. Symbol of a Yoruba chief.
mace club
Cylindrical shaped head, in stone, with 7 spikes. Mounted on a wooden shaft, topped with basket-work and red and green feathers.
arrow
Arrow-head decoration: carved (anthropomorphic) & painted (black & white). Bamboo shaft, red twine.
forehead.ornament headdress
A band of plaited vegetable fibre decorated with shells, seeds and beads.
breast.ornament
Breast ornament, made of segments of melo shell, with string for suspension in matted vegetable fibre decorated with pieces of shell.
face.ornament
Decorted with jacquirity seeds set in resin, pigs' teeth and shell beads. Shape: double cross.
comb
Wooden comb, decorated with glass beads, colours: red, blue and white. Reid (1912): 'Worn by chief.'
comb
Comb made from a single piece of wood, carved handles, bound with string made from twisted vegetable fibre.