Collection: Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection / Contributing Institution: Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston / Subject (Geographic): Africa, Sub-Saharan - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Collection Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection ✖ Contributing Institution Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston ✖ Subject (Geographic) Africa, Sub-Saharan ✖

1. Decorated brass anklet

Decorated brass anklet

Date:: 1950
Description:: Brass anklet with six cowry shells embedded in clay and a design etched on either side; origin Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2. Decorated brass anklet

Decorated brass anklet

Date:: 1950
Description:: Brass anklet with five cowry shells embedded in clay (one missing) and a design etched on either side; origin Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

3. Antelope horn

Date:: 1951 and 1989
Description:: Antelope horn, use unknown; origin Ituri rainforest.

4. Antelope horn

Date:: 1951 and 1989
Description:: Antelope horn, used for holding medicine; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

5. Wooden antelope carving

Wooden antelope carving

Date:: 1965 and 1966
Description:: Black wooden antelope; origin Uganda.

6. Arrows

Description:: Arrows with metal points and wooden shafts used for hunting large game; origin Mbuti people of the Ituri rainforest.

7. Bundle of arrows

Bundle of arrows

Description:: Bundle of wooden arrows wrapped with a piece of raffia, seven with metal tips, fourteen in all; end of one is notched with traces of poison; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Mbuti people.

8. Stone ashtray

Description:: Red, black, and greenish-brown stone ashtray, made for tourists, origin West Africa.

9. Soapstone ashtrays

Soapstone ashtrays

Description:: Two shallow heart-shaped soapstone ashtrays with flat bases and nearly identical sizes.

10. Ebony ashtray

Date:: 1951 and 1989
Description:: Ebony ashtray that is a cross-section of a tree trunk; three grooves for cigarettes, etc., center is circular with grooves; inscribed on bottom: AS_H _GATHON"; origin Uganda.