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Yoruba twins, the highest twinning rate in the world, the ere ibeji figure carved when a twin dies, and the reversal from infanticide to veneration.

Thirty-four Yorùbá proverbs on carving wood, working clay, and the calabash and pot as made objects, on what a maker can and cannot do, and on the work that outlasts the worker, presented with the original, a literal gloss, a named translation, and the situation each is spoken in.

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

Royal and lineage oríkì for four eastern and central Yoruba kingdoms, including a rare text naming a specific carver rather than only royalty or warriors.