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A practical guide to the museums holding Yoruba art in Nigeria and abroad, what can be searched online and where, and a factual account of the restitution and provenance position as it stands.

The carving technique, cosmological iconography, aesthetic principles, museum provenance, and historical debates surrounding the consecrated Yoruba divination tray.

A comprehensive scholarly analysis of Yoruba twin memorial figures, their theological functions, carving techniques, stylistic regionalisms, museum histories, and contemporary restitution debates.

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

Architectural and sculptural analysis of Yorùbá palace veranda posts, detailing monoxylous carving techniques, named master sculptors, indigenous aesthetic frameworks, and collection histories.

An examination of Yoruba ceramic traditions, detailing technical processes, female potting lineages, ritual and domestic vessel typologies, documented master artists, archaeological chronologies, and debates surrounding provenance and restitution.

A comprehensive study of Yoruba Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ headdresses, examining their sculptural techniques, ritual appeasement of female spiritual power, named carving lineages, and museum provenance histories.

Construction methods, material stratigraphy, lineage ownership, and museum provenance debates surrounding Yoruba ancestral masquerade regalia.