Search

Search Constraints

Start Over You searched for: Collection Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection ✖Remove constraint Collection: Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection Subject (Geographic) Africa, West ✖Remove constraint Subject (Geographic): Africa, West

Search Results

1. Stone ashtray

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

2. Brass weight

Brass weight
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass goldweight; figure of a man smoking a pipe and carrying a jug on his head; origin Ashanti people of Ghana.

3. Brass weight

Brass weight
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass goldweight with a series of triangles cut into top of weight; origin Ashanti people of Ghana.

4. Cowrie shell necklace

Cowrie shell necklace
Date:
1951
Description:
Cowrie shell necklace, made with brown seeds, green beads, and white shells; main piece in the shape of a triangle with 28 shells; origin Wolof people of Senegal.

5. Fertility doll

Fertility doll
Description:
A black wooden fertility doll carried by expectant mothers; origin Ashanti people of Ghana.

6. Smoked ivory ornamental face mask

Smoked ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Smoked ivory ornamental face mask, mouth is wide oval, eyes are a rectangle; origin Epulu (Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire), but is a replica of masks created by the Dan people of Cote d'Ivoire.

7. Smoked ivory ornamental face mask

Smoked ivory ornamental face mask
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Smoked ivory ornamental face mask, mouth has five carved pointed teeth; origin Epulu (Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire), but is a replica of masks created by the Dan people of Cote d'Ivoire.

8. Fetish figure

Fetish figure
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Small wooden fetish figure; origin West Africa.

9. Fetish figure

Fetish figure
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Well-carved small human fetish figure of a female; unusual triangular headpiece extends suspended above the head.

10. Shawl pin

Shawl pin
Date:
1975
Description:
Metal Tuareg shawl pin with intricate design on face and blank back; origin Mali.