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11. Carved elephant

Carved elephant
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

12. Carved elephant

Carved elephant
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

13. Carved elephant

Carved elephant
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

14. Carved wooden statuette

Carved wooden statuette
Date:
1900
Description:
Small carved wooden male statuette wearing a straw skirt, beads, and cowrie shell. Origin Togo.

15. Cloth map

Cloth map
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
French-language political map of Africa with Togo highlighted in green.

16. Cloth map

Cloth map
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
French-language political map of Togo.

17. Metal cross

Metal cross
Date:
1900
Description:
Processional cross designed to be worn on a staff. One side depicts a figure holding a Bible, and the other depicts the the Virgin and Child. Origin Ethiopia.

18. Digging tool

Digging tool
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Farm tool for digging; letters "AP" burned into handle and "1500F" written on metal shovel. Origin Togo.

19. Digging tool

Digging tool
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
Farm tool for digging; origin Togo.

20. Metal face mask (N'domo mask)

Metal face mask (N'domo mask)
Date:
1900 and 1999
Description:
N'domo mask used in the second of seven initiation rituals for boys of the Bambara people of Mali. The decorated vertical wooden posts represent the wisdom of the cosmos and the long nose symbolizes vitality.

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