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351. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Woven raffia mat with repeating pattern, origin Ituri forest; photograph contains a close-up portion of the mat.

352. Lion ring

Lion ring
Date:
1951
Description:
From Colin Turnbull's personal belongings; tarnished metal lion-faced ring.

353. Boar tusk

Boar tusk
Date:
1951
Description:
Curved tusk, possibly from a boar, origin unknown.

354. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife; metal spiraled around wooden handle; metal blade is machete-shaped; origin Mbo people of the Ituri rainforest.

355. Small knife

Small knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Small knife with wooden handle wrapped in a metal strip; hide sheath decorated with a strip of wood wrapped with thick thread; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

356. Knife with bone handle

Knife with bone handle
Date:
1951
Description:
Knife with bone handle and metal blade; origin Ituri rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

357. Knife with sheath

Knife with sheath
Date:
1951
Description:
Decorative knife with metal blade and wooden handle with metal dots at top and base; sheath with a wrist thong made of some sort of hide; metal wire wrapped around tip of sheath; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

358. Circular knife

Circular knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Circular knife, believed to be worn on a wrist; blade edge is covered, ends of cover have copper fittings, interior opening has cover with wire decoration; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

359. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Peacock raffia mat painted green, black, red, pink, and light green with green border; origin Uganda.

360. Ivory head

Ivory head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory head used in Pende boys' initiation; two holes in each to attach to a string; they were worn as arm decorations.

361. Fiddle

Fiddle
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
One-string fiddle with skin head which is nailed to a painted wooden base; open bottom, red and black geometric design around base, string still attached; origin Ituri rainforest.

362. Mortar

Mortar
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Mortar with handle which extends in one piece from rim to base; top rim decorated with spaced parallel lines, side of rim has cut-outs; base is scalloped; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

363. Stirring ladle

Stirring ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Rectangular shaped stirring implement, dark wood; origin Turkana people of Kenya or Dodoth people of Uganda.

364. Hide place mat

Hide place mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Round hide table mat with blue and beige stitching around the edge and four clover/leaf designs in black; origin Uganda.

365. Hide place mat

Hide place mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Round hide table mat with blue and beige stitching around the edge and four clover/leaf designs in black; origin Uganda.

366. Hide place mat

Hide place mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Round hide table mat with blue and beige stitching around the edge and four clover/leaf designs in black; origin Uganda.

367. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

368. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

369. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

370. Stirring implement

Stirring implement
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden stirring ladle, very ornate design, dark wood; origin Kenya or Uganda.

371. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

372. Animal tooth

Animal tooth
Date:
1951
Description:
Animal tooth, origin unknown.

373. Boar tusk

Boar tusk
Date:
1951
Description:
Curved boar tusk, origin unknown.

374. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Straight-handled dark wooden spoon with some variation in color; carving somewhat rough, handle thick; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

375. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Straight-handled dark wooden spoon; circle of irregular nature in bowl; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

376. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon, lighter stain on front of handle, dark stain on bowl and back; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

377. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Ladle-shaped wooden spoon, mixed dark and light wood tones; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

378. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon with dark and light wood tones; possible origin is Dodoth people of Uganda.

379. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Straight-handled dark wooden spoon; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

380. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Straight-handled wooden spoon; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

381. Lukembi

Lukembi
Date:
1951 and 1971
Description:
Ten-note barrel-shaped sound box, also known as board piano or thumb piano and lukembi, likembe, or kalimba; wooden with keys made from spoon handles, bicycle spikes, or metal keys hammered to the desired shape; keys plucked with thumb and fingers; very decorated; bottom has hole with eleven additional holes encircling it; inscription "CT" and "CP11D" carved into back of wood; origin Ndaka people of the Ituri rainforest.

382. Hunting whistle

Hunting whistle
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden hunting whistle bound with twine; origin Mbuti people of the Ituri rainforest.

383. Ebony letter opener

Ebony letter opener
Date:
1951
Description:
Ebony paper knife with an elephant carved on the handle, large notch carved just below elephant; origin West Kenya.

384. Metal pin

Metal pin
Date:
1951
Description:
From Colin Turnbull's personal belongings; metal souvenir pin, possibly of a Buddhist temple.

385. Animal tooth

Animal tooth
Date:
1951
Description:
Animal tooth, origin unknown.

386. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with wooden charm attached to a woven vine; vine is attached to central vertical piece with two holes; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

387. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with vine cord attached to two holes in the vertical piece of the object; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

388. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with two holes that would have had a chain or cord through them; wood is stained; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

389. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with a metal chain around it; metal coin with a hole is looped into chain; inscribed upon coin is "GEORGIUS SEXTUS REX ONE CENT"; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

390. Siva statue

Siva statue
Date:
1951
Description:
From Colin Turnbull's personal belongings; Siva with four arms, a serpent around his neck and legs, standing on a child in front of a circle with flames.

391. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

392. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

393. Harry Blas, Erika Stockfleth prenuptial party 1951

Harry Blas, Erika Stockfleth prenuptial party 1951
Date:
1951
Description:
Prenuptial party of Harry Blas and Erika Stockfleth taken January 6, 1951 in Hamburg, Germany. Left to right: Regina Kirsbaum and Irving Kirsbaum (friends), Helga Seligman (friend and witness at wedding), Mark London (friend and witness at wedding), Erika Stockfleth and Harry Blas.

396. Pincus Kolender in U.S. Army 1951

Pincus Kolender in U.S. Army 1951
Date:
1951
Description:
Photograph was taken at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1951. Pincus, not yet a U.S. citizen, was drafted and served two years in the army. He was stationed in Germany for six months.

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