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1. Iron statuette

Iron statuette
Description:
Bearded elongated figure holding a bow and arrow. A container hangs from both his hip and back. Origin Burkina Faso.

2. Xylophone

Xylophone
Description:
Square xylohopne with five plates, each producing a different tone.

3. Foot pedal

Foot pedal
Date:
20th century, 1900, and 1999
Description:
Wooden foot pedal with long cord, possibly used to operate flash or lights.

4. Lenses

Lenses
Date:
20th century, 1900, and 1999
Description:
Two large photographic lenses.

5. Stone sculpture

Stone sculpture
Description:
Black smooth stone sculpture with an open spiral design depicting the heads of a mother and child. Origin Africa.

6. Stone sculpture

Stone sculpture
Description:
Black smooth stone sculpture of a woman holding a female child.

7. Slave badge

Slave badge
Description:
Copper slave badge imprinted "Charleston No. 261 Fruiterer 1812." The badge is a contemporary counterfeit--"Fruiterer" is not a known occupation to be printed upon slave badges.

8. Cast iron kettle

Cast iron kettle
Description:
Cast iron kettle with wire handle. Lid is imprinted "ROME GA SO -CO - OP F'DY - CO" (Southern Cooperative Foundry Company; Rome, Georgia).

9. Focusing cloth

Focusing cloth
Date:
20th century, 1900, and 1999
Description:
Fabric used when focusing camera. Blocks outside light so photographer can see through the lens.

10. Brass liquid sprinkler with intricate support

Brass liquid sprinkler with intricate support
Description:
Intricate brass support with a cupperhood in the shape of a cobra that holds a brass bowl. The bowl has a perforated hole that is used to drip liquid. Original description from Colin Turnbull reads "brass Vvandi bowl support Lingham in clothed Lotus."

12. Stone sculpture

Stone sculpture
Description:
Black smooth stone sculpture of a woman holding a female child.

13. Wooden carving

Wooden carving
Description:
Carved statue of a woman wearing a raffia skirt and cowrie shell earrings. Tattoos mark her shoulders and her face is painted. Made of dark wood with a natural clay stand.

14. Wooden mask

Wooden mask
Description:
Carved wooden mask with female features. Origin Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

15. Wooden mask

Wooden mask
Description:
Carved wooden mask with female features. Origin Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

16. Raffia handbag

Raffia handbag
Description:
Purple, yellow, and green raffia handbag with red stitches; material sewn inside, outside decorated with flowers; two braided raffia handles; origin South India.

17. Lady Ann (Kenya)

Lady Ann (Kenya)
Date:
21st. Century
Description:
Smoothly finished art pottery piece with predominantly orange and green coloration. Heart-shaped jar, orange with green and black spots. Smooth finish. Jar stopper designed as a woman without facial features wearing a gele (headtie) and two green earrings.

19. Stone animal sculpture

Stone animal sculpture
Description:
Well-carved stone sculpture of an animal with four horns, used in a domestic shrine; possibly depicts Nandi the bull, from Hindu mythology.

20. Brass container

Brass container
Description:
Container to hold water or oil, handle has snake at top near the opening, intricate design; origin India.