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31. 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.

32. Stone ashtray

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

33. Metal ashtray

Metal ashtray
Description:
Metal ashtray in the shape of a goblet; gold leaf design stenciled around the upper edge; origin North Africa.

34. Soapstone ashtrays

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

35. Ebony ashtray

Ebony ashtray
Date:
1951,1989
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.

36. Atubwa (wooden bowl)

Atubwa (wooden bowl)
Date:
1951,1989
Description:
Wooden bowl (atubwa); origin Turkana people of Kenya.

37. Atubwa (wooden bowl)

Atubwa (wooden bowl)
Date:
1951,1989
Description:
Wooden bowl (atubwa) with two pieces of metal-like staples on one side; bowl is oval in shape, rounded on the bottom; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

38. Atubwa

Atubwa
Date:
1951,1989
Description:
Wooden bowl (atubwa); origin Turkana people of Kenya.

39. Skin bag

Skin bag
Date:
1951,1989
Description:
Skin key patch made for sale by inmates of Nairobi prison; brown fur on one side, metal loop and snap for closures.

40. Skin bag

Skin bag
Date:
1951,1989
Description:
Skin carrying bag designed like a large pocket book, made to be worn through the arms on a back, straps crisscross on back; origin Mbuti people of the Ituri rainforest.