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The beaded crown and what it does constitutionally, why the king's face is veiled, the birds at its apex, the beads themselves and their trade history, and the men's workshops that made them.

Adó-Èkìtì, Ìkẹ́rẹ́, Ìkọ̀lé, Ọ̀tùn and Efọ̀n-Aláàyè, the sixteen crowns of the Aládemẹ́rìndínlógún, and the pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú council that the British convened in 1900.

A historical account of Efọ̀n-Aláayé, detailing its aboriginal settlements, dynastic emergence from Ilé-Ifẹ̀, governance architecture, nineteenth-century warfare, religious shifts, and contemporary administrative status.

The sacred conical beaded crown of the Yoruba monarch, examining its physical construction, metaphysical architecture, constitutional status, and museum provenance.