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Yoruba Stone Sculptures:
Ife, Esie, Eshure and Igbajo Predominantly made from quartz, talc (soap stone), granite and feldspar Ranges from relative naturalism to abstraction Subject matter are anthropomorphic and zoomorphic (human and animal figures) as well as utilitarian objects including stools Large concentration found in Esie which is located in Northeastern Yorubaland
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Aworo, (ritual specialist) invoking the spiritual forces/presences in the mist of the images
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Male figure, Esie, 800-500 B.P 12th-15th century
Soapstone (talc) 88x30 cm
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Seated Male figure, Esie, 800-500 B.P Soapstone(talc) 67x50 cm.
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Seated female figure, Esie, 800-500 B.P Soapstone, 26 inches
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Male figure, Esie, 800-500 B.P 17.3/8 inches.
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Seated Male figure, Esie, Soapstone, 800-500 B.P, 39.3/4 inches
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Head, Esie, Soapstone, 800-500 B.P 11.3/4 inches
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Devotee prostrating before the stone images, Esie
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Opa Oranyan, Granite shaft, appr,. 18ft.
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Idena, the gate keeper, Ife. Granite
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Figure in Honor of Esu, Igbajo, Granite, 25 inches.
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Guardian Figure, Eshure-Ekiti, Granite, 600 B.P 42 inches.
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Female figure, Granite, 400-300 B.P 53x16x22 cm.
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Throne ( ritual stool) Ife, Quartz 900-500 B.P 53 cm.
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Stool for Oro, Ife, Granite 800-500 B.P 34.5x14x29 cm
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Metal objects from: Tsoede, Tada and Ilorin
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Load bearer (Arugba), Roof Pillar, Brass, 40.5 inches
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Horse rider, Brass, 37.8 inches
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Base of the roof pillar Brass, 34 inches.
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Seated figure, Tada, Copper, 13th-14th century, 53.7x34.3x36cm
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Standing figure with clasped, Tada, Copper, 22.1/4 in
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Figure of a bowman, Jebba, Tin-bronze, 36.1/4 in
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The three objects from the village of Tada
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Figure of a man, Tada, Tin-Bronze, Early 14th century, 115x26 cm.
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The bowman from Tada
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Bird
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