Yoruba Style Oba Headdress - Nigeria

Item/Description: Decorative, wonderful ornate beaded oba or crown fashioned in Yoruba style. Covered in beadwork, bird figures. Typically these were worn by a ruler during a ceremony. Material: Cloth

A Gelede society headdress Nigeria, Yoruba. c.20th century Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.

Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A sizable and beautiful helmet mask, comprised of several textile swaths sewn together and reinforced along the rim, mea

African white beaded headdress, Yoruba, Nigeria, serves the purpose of a king's crown, conical form with face motif to sides and numerous birds, beads strung along edge forming veil, some loss to bead

African Nigeria Ogboni Yoruba Style brass knife dagger with sheath (20th Century) having female figural handle with large high crest headdress and crude blade with leather and wood sheath.

A group of four African masks and headdresses. 20th century. ++ Kuba style head. D.R. Congo. 20" x 14" x 13". ++ Yoruba House of the Head with cowries. Nigeria. 18" x 9" x 10". ++ Kuba style helmet Mb

A carved wooden helmet style mask with traditional face and stylized headdress. Created for the Gelede spectacle, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures 10 x 12 inches. A metal display sta

A Very rare, old and interesting wooden mask from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wooden helmet style mask with a smiling face and open headdress and painted green face. The top of the mas

Bronze. 33" x 6" x 6".Provenance: Baba Alimu Kaba, 1996.

Leather, cloth. 19" x 10".Provenance: Tamba Kaba, 1998.

A group of three African pieces of jewelry. 20th century. ++Necklace with cowries, wood and beads. ++Anklet in brass. ++Neck ring in brass. Yoruba style. Nigeria.

A group of Yoruba divination objects including a tray and figural tapper-bell. 20th century. Yoruba style. Nigeria. Tray: 15" d. Figural tapper-bell: 11."Provenance: Exhibited, published: 1975, #12, B

Yoruba kneeling bowl & water bottle. 20th century. ++Kneeling bowl in wood with carved attendant. ++Lidded water bottle out of gourd, fiber and aluminum. West African Yoruba style. Nigeria. Largest: 1

A Yoruba Mirrored Headdress, Nigeria, height: 19 1/2". Provenance: Acquired in the 1970s by Eva De Ngy Gallery, Provincetown, MA.

A group of Three Yoruba Style Objects. Wood. Nigeria. ++ Yoruba Style House Post Fragment. 4" x 18 1/8". ++ Yoruba Egungun Style Mask. 7" x 14". ++ Yoruba Style Figure. 5 1/2" x 14".Shipping: Shipping

A Yoruba style crown with a conical basketry frame and covered with beaded cloth with blue and white beads. The top of crown is surmounted by a detachable bird. The second tier has four bird figures a

Bronze. 15" x 6 1/2".Provenance: Abdul Keita, 1997.

Leather, cowrie shells. 10" x 9".Provenance: Tamba Kaba, 1999.

Iron. 30" x 12".Provenance: Demba Saccoh, 1993.

Shango carved wood wands in Yoruba people’s style, Nigeria, West Africa, 20th century. Approximate size, each 13.5"H. PROVENANCE: From the estate of Dr. Philip Gould, New York

A group of two Yoruba style objects. Nigeria. 20th century. ++ Mancala wooden game board. 31" x 12 1/2" x 7 1/2". ++ Drum with kneeling figure. 26 1/2" x 15" x 14 1/4".

African Yoruba-Ijebu Headdress, Nigeria. Wood, pigment, plant fiber. Stand not included. Provenance: Michael Oliver, purchased Lome, Togo, 1991. Size: 15'' x 18'' x 23'' (38 x 46 x 58 cm).

A Benin style Oba head. Nigeria, Benin. 20" x 13 1/2".

Yoruba Gelede Headdress. Nigeria. Size: 25" x 9" x 14" (63 x 23 x 36 cm). Provenance: ex the Charles Hudgins collection.