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Item Benin Bronze Equestrian Figure(National Commission For Museums And Monuments) National Museum LagosMale figure wearing elaborate feathered headdress with upright finial. Dressed in skin armor war-like garment with enormous beaded ruff-like collar. Holds bridle in left hand and spear on right hand. It stands on hollow rectangular pedestal base decorated with interlaced patterns.Item Benin Bronze Memorial Head(National Museum Lagos) National Museum LagosA Head wearing traditional Benin Crown with a Keliod on the forehead. it has broad nose and wide mouthItem Benin Bronze Mudfish Receptacle(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum LagosA lidded Bronze mudfish receptacle casted in scale pattern. Benin viewed the mudfish as a symbol of power, transformation and royalty for its ability to live in two worlds.Item Benin Bronze Plaque(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum LagosA Benin Plaque with a seated Oba and two attendants, part of the metal is chippedItem Benin Bronze Plaque(National Commission For Museums And Mounments) National Museum LagosPlaque depicting an intertwined mudfish. Mudfish symbolizes power, fertility, and wealth in the Benin kingdom.Item Benin Bronze Ram Figure(National Museum Lagos) National Museum, Lagos.A bronze ram figure with open hole on the headItem Bronze Ram Head Pendant(National Commission For Museums and Monuments.) National Museum LagosCasted metal representing ram head. On it are cross hatched geometric designs running from the forehead to the nose, three vertical lines on the upper lip and circular rings on the base.Item Bronze bell(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum LagosA bell surmounted by an elephant, it has geometric designs around the body. A part of the body is chipped off.Item Bronze Bird(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum LagosBronze representation of a bird standing on a flat rectangular base. the expression connotes calmness and homage to super powers.Item Bronze Jug(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum LagosBenin bronze Jug moulded on four human legs. the knob is in human form, snake handle and on the body are human heads and two geometric lines round the body.Item Bronze Leopard Head Pendant(National Commission For Museums And Monuments) National Museum LagosBenin Bronze Leopard Head with flappy ears.Item Bronze Pendant.(National Commission For Museums and Monuments.) National Museum LagosLeopard head Pendant.Item Bronze Receptacle(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum LagosCasted metal in the form of mudfish receptacle, on it are projections representing fins and gill. mudfish reinforce the significance of the river goddess (OLOKUN) in Benin Art.Item Erinle Pot(National Commission For Museums and Monuments.) National Museum LagosA clay pot with a seated female figure carrying a pot. It is surmounted by a female figure with traditional hairdo and tribal marks.Item Humanoid Rattle Staff(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum LagosRattle with the human heads to the top carrying calabash and the other head forming the base. The faces wears bulgy eyes, flat noses with a curve bar attached to the heads.Item Igboukwu Bronze Bowl(National Commission For Museums and Monuments.) National Museum LagosA bowl on a cylindrical stand. Cut on the body are detailed decorating tiny palate animal relief, spiral and geometric design on the body.Item Ivory box(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum Lagos.Lidded ivory box with an engraved horse, the face and rim of the box is decorated with geometric designs.Item Ivory Gong.(National Commission For Museums and Monuments.) National Museum Lagos.Ivory double gong of triangular shape with oval sections. Main gong shows figure of an Oba with two attendants and on the other, two standing human figures carved on each side of the mouth. It is used by the Oba of Benin during Ugie Emobo rite.Item Ivory Staff(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum Lagos.Ivory Staff carved in human representation of Benin Oba Standing on a base, the bottom of the staff is decorated with geometric designs.Item Lidded Container(National Commission for Museums and Monuments) National Museum Lagos.A lidded carved ivory receptacle. with relief decoration and inlaid work. displaying typical Benin motifs and inter lase geometrical design.