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961. Clay bead necklace

Clay bead necklace
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
Necklace made with two tones of brown clay beads. Origin West Africa.

962. Cocoa bean necklace

Cocoa bean necklace
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
Necklace or toy made with cocoa beans. Origin West Africa.

963. Slave auctioneer's token

Slave auctioneer's token
Date:
1846
Description:
Slave auctioneer's token, 1846. These tokens were distributed as one-cent pieces and served as advertisements for the businesses and services depicted on the coins. Face view of token reads "W.W. Wilbur Auction & Commission Merchant; Charleston, So. Ca.; Going at Only A Penny" encircling the image of an auctioneer. Obverse view of token reads "Merchants & Manufactors Agents; Collection Broker Notary Public" encircling the image of a tree.

964. Leg shackles

Leg shackles
Date:
1700
Description:
Set of iron leg shackles used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade from Africa to North America. The chains that join each cuff contain incised designs resembling ferns.

965. Wooden statuette

Wooden statuette
Date:
1900
Description:
Multiple views of a male wooden statuette holding a club and an oar, smoking a pipe. Origin Togo.

966. Carved elephant

Carved elephant
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

967. Carved elephant

Carved elephant
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

968. Hunting whistle

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

969. Wrist shackles

Wrist shackles
Date:
1700
Description:
Set of iron wrist shackles; two U-shaped cuffs with large iron pin enclosures. Leather strap attached to one link. Closed cuff has a pin lock.

970. Ku Klux Klan uniform

Ku Klux Klan uniform
Date:
1920
Description:
Full Ku Klux Klan uniform with hood. Uniform is white with the KKK insignia and contains a cord belt with tassles. Origin unknown.

971. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

972. 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.

973. Carved wooden statuette

Carved wooden statuette
Date:
1900
Description:
Small carved wooden male statuette wearing a straw skirt, beads, and cowrie shell. Origin Togo.

974. Knife

Knife
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden knife. Origin Togo

975. Metal pin

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

976. Animal tooth

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

977. 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.

978. 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.

979. 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.

980. 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.

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