To a first time visitor, Esie town in ifelodun local government area of Kwara State may look ordinary, but inside the thick forest that surround the ancestral home of the Igbominas lay an ancient museum that houses the mystical Esie stone image which is yet to be discovered by archeologist. To unravel the mystery behind the history of these monumental images, researches were made about the ancestral home of the Igbomina on the mythology surrounding the soap image.

Esie museum is situated in Esie town about 70 kilometers southeast of Ilorin in Kwara state. The museum is the first of its kind in Nigeria which houses this mystical Esie stone image. The stone image which are known as “Esie image” (Ere Esie) are the largest collection of stone carving in Africa. More than 800 of the images have been found under the peregun groove, ranging from 14 centimeters to over one meter in height.
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