British Museum - Africa

Throne of Weapons, by Cristóvão Canhavato, Mozambique 2001	Tree of Life, recycled weapons, Mozambique	The Coronation of Haile Selassie, Ethiopia 1930	The Coronation of Haile Selassie, Ethiopia 1930
The Crucifixion of Christ, Adwa, Northern Ethiopia ca 1855	Carved wood door, Igbo people, Nigeria, 20th C.	Sculpture group, Igbo people, Nigeria, 20th C.	Okega carving, Igala people, Nigeria, 19th C.
Shrine figure, Urhobo people, Nigeria, 19th C.	Nkisi figure, Songye people, D.R. Congo	Minkisi figure, Kongo people, D.R. Congo, 19th C.	Figure of a man, Teke people, D.R. Congo, 20th C.
Door panels and a lintel, Yoruba people, Nigeria ca 1910-1914	Door detail, Yoruba people, Nigeria ca 1910-1914	Door detail, Yoruba people, Nigeria ca 1910-1914	Ebony & Ivory chair (kiti cha enzi) Zanzibar, 19th C.
Stool supported by a crouching female, Luba people, D.R. Congo, 19th C.	Wooden headrests, Shona people, Zimbabwe, and Luba people, D.R. Congo	Figure with sacrificial patina, Tellem-Dogon people, Mali, possibly 14th C.	Male and female figures, Azande people, Sudan, 19th C.
Ndop carving showing a king, Kuba-Bushoong people, D.R. Congo, 18th C.	Male figure, Mbole people, D.R. Congo, 20th C.	Wooden figure, Chokwe people, Angola, 19th C.	Ancestral screen (duein fubara), Kalabari people, Nigeria, 19th C.
Ndop figure commemorating a king, Kuba-Bushoong people, D.R. Congo, 18th C.	Helmet and chain mail jacket, Hausa people, northern Nigeria, early 20th C.	Embroidered textiles from The Path of Roses, Rachid Koraichi, Algeria 2001	Embroidered textiles from The Path of Roses, Rachid Koraichi, Algeria 2001
Ceramic bowl from the Path of Roses, Rachid Koraichi, Algeria 2001	Reliquary guardian figure, Kota-Obamba people, Gabon, early 20th C.	Cutlasses for the Cult of Ogun, Yoruba people, Nigeria, 20th C.	Dance shield (ndomi), Kikuyu people, Kenya, early 20th C.
Throwing knives, al-Mahdiya period, Sudan, late 19th C.	Chief's war tunic (batakari), Asante people, Ghana, 20th C.	Pottery tree, Sainsbury African Galleries	Ritual pot, Ijaw peoples, Nigeria
Storage pot, Sudan	Ritual pot, Ijaw peoples, Nigeria and Storage pot, Gbaya peoples, Cameroon	Oil lamp, Berber people, Grand Kabyle, Algeria, 20th C.	Large vessel for storing oil, Berber people, Grand Kabyle, Algeria, early 20th C.
Burnished pottery vessels resembling gourds, Toro and Ganda peoples, Uganda, 19th C.	Ritual vessel used at the new yam harvest festival, Igbo people, Nigeria, 20th C.	Heavily ornamented pot in the form of a pregnant female, Edo people, Benin, Nigeria, 20th C.	Lidded pot (abusua kuruwa), Asante people, Ghana, 20th C.
Pottery figure	Pottery head probably used at mortuary ceremonies at which the body was no longer present, Asante people, Ghana, 19th C.	Pot with multiple apertures used as a grave marker, Igbo people, Nigeria, 19th C.	Potter water vessel, Zande people, Sudan, early 20th C.
Potter water vessel, Zande people, Sudan, early 20th C.	Sculptural pot, Woyo people, D.R. Congo, 19th C.	Hippo masquerade, Kalabari people, southern Nigeria, 1995	Kifwebe mask, Songye people, D.R. Congo, 19th C.
Nimba mask, Baga people, Guinea, 20th C.	Wooden hippo mask, Kalabari people, Nigeria	Mask representing a shark, Abua or Ekpehia people, Nigeria, 19th C.	Egungun (ancestor tree) mask, Yoruba people, Nigeria, 19th C.
Simoni mark, Chewa people, Malawi, late 20th C.	Woman's cotton dress with embroidery, Ethiopia, 20th C.	Ivory mark, Benin, Nigeria, 16th C.	Ivory and copper bracelets, Benin, Nigeria, 16th C.
Leopard made of ivory, copper and coral, Benin, Nigeria, 19th C.	Leopard, Benin, Nigeria, 19th C.	Ivory saltcellar, Benin, Nigeria, 15th-16th C.	Ivory saltcellar, Benin, Nigeria, 15th-16th C.
Ododua mask made of brass, Benin, Nigeria, 18th C.	Ododua mask made of brass, Benin, Nigeria, 18th C.	Terracotta head, Benin, Nigeria, 20th C.	Carved wood head covering with brass sheeting, Benin, Nigeria, 19th C.
Horseman of cast brass, Benin, Nigeria, 16th C.	Bronze figure from Andoni creeks, southern Nigeria	Cast brass figure of a page, Benin, Nigeria, 16th-17th C.	Sword and staff, Benin, Nigeria, 18th-19th C.
Cast brass figure wearing a cross, Benin, Nigeria, 16th C.	Bronze casting of a ram's head, Lagos, Nigeria, 16th-17th C.	Hip mask in the form of a leopard, Benin, Nigeria, 16th-18th C.	Cast brass cockerel, Benin, Nigeria, 18th C.
The Benin plaques were acquired from Benin City, Nigeria, by the British in 1897	The 16th Century Benin plaques, Nigeria	The 16th Century Benin plaques, Nigeria	Cast brass cockerel, Benin, Nigeria, 18th C.
A vast collection of 16th Century cast brass plaques from Benin, Nigeria	Plaque showing the façade of the Royal Palace, Benin City, Nigeria	Cast brass plaque of Igue ceremony, Benin, Nigeria, 16th C.	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria
16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria
16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria
Brass plaque with the Oba (king) wearing coral bead regalia, Benin, Nigeria, 16th C.	The two small figures on top represent Portuguese with their long hair and helmets, Benin, Nigeria, 16th C.	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria	16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria
16th Century brass plaque, Benin, Nigeria	16th Century Benin plaque detail, Nigeria	16th Century Benin plaque detail, Nigeria	Male head made of cast brass, Udo, Nigeria, 16th C.
Cast brass head of a Queen Mother, Benin, Nigeria, 16th C.	Head of an Oba (king), Benin, Nigeria, 18th C.	Painting by Charinda, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2002, showing women wearing kangas in Tanzanian villages	Printed cloth commemorating the life of Julius Nyerere (1922-1999), the father of independent Tanzania
Kilim, Tunisia, 20th C.