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1. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden figure with tether headdress of wire and a shield, made for tourists, origin Uganda.

2. 35mm Camera

35mm Camera
Date:
1965
Description:
Cavalier EE Auto 35mm Camera; Modified/renamed version of Taron Auto EE (1963); in leather carrying case; c. 1965.

3. Tuyere (kiln part)

Tuyere (kiln part)
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
End of a pottery tuyere used in a kiln; a tuyere is a tube through which air or oxygen is blown into a blast furnace, a ceramic blow tube to keep the furnace hot; origin Uganda.

4. Bellows

Bellows
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Bellows used with tuyere and kiln; top skin and stick are missing; origin Uganda.

5. Small wooden pot

Small wooden pot
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Small wooden pot, crudely done; origin Ik people of Uganda.

7. Water buffalo

Water buffalo
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Black and brown water buffalo, head turned, origin Uganda.

8. Wooden leopard carving

Wooden leopard carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden leopard with painted spots, origin Uganda.

9. Raffia basket

Raffia basket
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Yellow, violet, and natural coiled raffia basket with two handles; tray-shaped, repetitive geometric decorations in natural raffia within violet bands, edge is three rows of tightly woven material with handles on either side, plain underside; origin Uganda.

10. Raffia basket

Raffia basket
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Yellow, violet, and natural coiled raffia basket; repetitive geometric decorations in natural raffia within violet bands, edge is three rows of tightly woven material, plain underside; origin Uganda.

11. Carved wooden head

Carved wooden head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Carved wooden head of a cattle herder, made for tourists, origin west Kenya.

12. Carved wooden head

Carved wooden head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Carved wooden head of a cattle herder, made for tourists, origin west Kenya.

13. Carved wooden head

Carved wooden head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Carved wooden head made for tourists, origin Uganda.

14. Soapstone Bowl

Soapstone Bowl
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Black soapstone bowl; plain except for one decoration around rim; origin East Africa.

16. Decorated wooden container

Decorated wooden container
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden container with lid and two handles; lid has star and heart design, body has two leopards, origin Kenya.

17. Harp

Harp
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Five string harp with a wooden body, animal skin across top, cord strings; very decorated with geometric pattern wood-burned into body, arm has giraffe-like spots; origin Uganda.

18. Wooden boar carving

Wooden boar carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Black wooden boar, tail pointed upward and head turned as if ready to charge, origin Uganda.

19. Wooden giraffe carving

Wooden giraffe carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden giraffe with painted black spots and head facing backwards; origin Uganda.

20. Wooden hippopotamus carving

Wooden hippopotamus carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Brown wooden hippopotamus with open mouth and turned head, origin Uganda.

21. Wooden zebra carving

Wooden zebra carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden zebra with painted black stripes, origin Uganda.

22. Wooden lion carving

Wooden lion carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Brown wooden lion with open mouth, origin Uganda.

25. Fly wrist

Fly wrist
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Ritual fly wrist used by doctors; long wooden handle with some type of hair attached; purchased from Turkana (Kenya).

26. Carved wooden head

Carved wooden head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Carved wooden head made for tourists, origin Uganda.

28. Decorated wooden container

Decorated wooden container
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden container with lid; plant design burned into wood, origin Kenya.

30. Soapstone head

Soapstone head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Soapstone pear-shaped head with accented nose and lips, made for tourists, origin west Kenya.

31. Wooden stool

Wooden stool
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden, three-legged stool that appears to have been carved from one piece of wood; origin Ik people of Uganda.

32. Wooden camel carving

Wooden camel carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden camel with blanket carved on top of hump, origin Uganda.

34. Wooden slit gong

Wooden slit gong
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden slit gong with two handles carved on each side, one with metal and straw wrapped around it; metal strip and random nails nailed onto one side; origin Rwanda.

35. Soapstone head

Soapstone head
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Soapstone pear-shaped head with accented nose and lips, made for tourists, origin west Kenya.

36. Soapstone vase

Soapstone vase
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Soapstone vessel in the shape of a small vase with wide mouth and narrow neck, origin West Kenya.

38. "Pantheress" and "Panther" blacklight posters

Date:
1965
Description:
Felt blacklight posters entitled "Pantheress" and "Panther." "Pantheress" depicts an African American woman holding a rifle and handgun, wearing a necklace containing a closed fist. "Panther" depicts an African American man holding an orange rifle.

39. Ostrich egg

Ostrich egg
Date:
1965
Description:
Ostrich egg shell for storing and drinking water; "Happy Easter Josephine" is inscribed along with two hearts, most likely an Easter gift from Colin Turnbull to Joseph Towles during their time studying the Ik people of Uganda.