Yoruba Art

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African Atlantis and the Wonders of the Ife SculpturesAround the late 19th and early 20th centuries,

Iemanjá, Yemoja, Yemaya,sculpture by Abayomi Barber (1971). National Gallery of Art, Nigeria.

David Hammons. Untitled (Orange Is The New Black), 2015.

Yemonja/Yemanja and Ibeji, Yoruba art

Yoruba mask used in the Gelede festival.  Now in the Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Egungun mask of the Yoruba people, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in theMusée du quai

Yoruba-style helmet (copper alloy) depicting two birds of prey attacking a horse-headed snake.  From

Yoruba twin statuettes covered with shells.  Artist unknown; 20th century.  Now in theMusée du quai

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Ivory armband from the Yoruba city-state of Owo (in present-day Ondo State, Nigeria).  Artist unknow

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Oduduwaby Ayo AdelagunArtist commentary: “Oduduwa,was the 1st Ooni, King of Ile-Ife with the titles

Ivory bracelet,Nigeria, Yoruba, 18th century

artmindbodysoul:Olokun Yoruba  //  ★The Sea Goddess of Nigeria★

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slam-african:Divination Tapper (iroke Ifá), Unidentified Yoruba artist, mid-19th to early 20th centu

Magbo mask (wood, textiles, metal, and sequins) of the Yoruba people, Nigeria.  Artist unknown; 19th

Hunter or shaman’s talismanYoruba people, Nigeria, West Africa, Cotton, leather, shells, organ

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Figure of a female devotee of the Yoruba thunder deity Shango, holding the god’s characteristic symb

The egúngún masquerade tradition, practiced by the Yorùbá people of West Africa and their diasporic

OGUN by Ahab Aguiar

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