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31. 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).

32. Wooden antelope carving

Wooden antelope carving

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

33. Arrows

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

34. 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.

35. Siva Lingam (Religious article)

Siva Lingam (Religious article)

Description:: Siva Lingam; stone article used for worship in a domestic shrine; origin South India.

36. Siva Lingam (Religious article)

Siva Lingam (Religious article)

Description:: Miniature Siva Lingam; stone article used for worship in a domestic shrine; origin Varanasi (Benares), India.

37. Shrine artifacts

Shrine artifacts

Date:: 1951 and 1989
Description:: Objects from Colin Turnbull's personal shrine; four pieces of jewelry: two cowry shell necklaces, one necklace of seed beads, one bracelet of seed beads.

38. Metal ashtray

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

39. Stone ashtray

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

40. 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.