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1. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture with wood backing; tall woman with child carrying a basket on her head, man with a spear, and two huts; origin Uganda.

2. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; village with two women in the forefront, mountains in the background, framed in bark; origin Uganda.

3. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; man in a canoe near by a palm tree, two huts and a tree in background; origin Uganda.

4. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; antelope in a clearing by a lake, outlined in bark; origin Uganda.

5. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture with wood backing; man canoeing with two huts and two palm trees; inscribed on back: 1970 MR. PHEN Phenehas S. Sali; origin Uganda.

6. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1970
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; three birds in front of water with two palm trees; inscribed on back: 1970 MR. PHENEHAS SSALI; origin Uganda.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Bellows

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

10. Small wooden pot

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

12. Water buffalo

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

13. Wooden leopard carving

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

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. Carved wooden head

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

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. Wooden giraffe carving

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

21. Wooden hippopotamus carving

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

22. Wooden zebra carving

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

23. Wooden lion carving

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

26. Carved wooden head

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

28. Wooden camel carving

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

31. 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.

32. Straw trivet

Straw trivet
Date:
1960
Description:
Orange and natural colored woven round, flat straw object resembling a trivet; no decoration on bottom; possible origin Uganda (weaving pattern resembles objects from Uganda).

33. Walking stick

Walking stick
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden cane-shaped walking stick; origin Ik people of Uganda.

34. Wooden fork

Wooden fork
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden fork, dark wood; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

35. Wooden drum

Wooden drum
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden drum with two small handles, two heads made of hide, and a leather cord connecting the two hides; origin Ganda people of Uganda.

36. Straw basket

Straw basket
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Straw basket thought to have carried vegetables; origin Uganda.

37. Bottle cork

Bottle cork
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Stopper for a jug made of some type of cone or hive on a chain; origin Uganda.

38. Wooden fork

Wooden fork
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden fork, dark wood; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

39. Walking stick

Walking stick
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden cane-shaped walking stick; origin Ik people of Uganda.

40. Lyre

Lyre
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Lizard-skin lyre with vine strings and wooden arm; outside decorated with animal skin and wooden cords; origin Uganda.

41. Wooden stool

Wooden stool
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden stool with three uneven legs a sloping seat; appears to have been made from one trunk and branches; roughly made, several cracks, seat has small V-shaped section missing; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

42. Ebony ashtray

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.

43. Bark picture

Bark picture
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Bark picture on wood backing; man with spear, woman with basket on head, and figure under a tree; large hut in foreground, two in background, large palm tree on righthand side of picture; framed with wire on back for hanging; origin Uganda.

44. Walking stick

Walking stick
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Walking stick that is straight, as opposed to cane-shaped; top is narrow, wood two-toned; origin Ik people of Uganda.

45. Wooden stool

Wooden stool
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden three-legged stool that appears to have been carved from one tree; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

46. Walking stick

Walking stick
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Walking stick that is straight, as opposed to cane-shaped; top shaped like a knob, wood two-toned; origin Ik people of Uganda.

47. Decorated wooden bowl

Decorated wooden bowl
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Decorated wooden bowl with a lid on top of a stem; container is stained dark brown with two areas of a lighter brown color; origin Uganda.

48. Raffia basket

Raffia basket
Date:
1951 and 1989
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.

49. Walking stick

Walking stick
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Cane-shaped wooden walking stick that is broken; two-toned wood, four metal bands randomly placed; origin Ik people of Uganda.

50. Wooden female figure

Wooden female figure
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Stylized female figure holding a pot on her head, supported on her knees; carved of one piece of wood; origin Uganda.