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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. Iron statuette

Iron statuette
Description:
Elongated female figure wearing a headdress and holding a long tool and a container. Origin Burkina Faso.

3. Fertility doll

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

4. Amulets

Amulets
Description:
Three charms to ward off evil in the form of reptilian amulets. Origin Togo.

5. Stone ashtray

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

6. Arrows

Arrows
Description:
Arrows, origin Togo.

7. Batik

Batik
Description:
Batik depicting a woman holding a basket and a man holding a gourd. Signed "NIKE" lower left side. Origin Nigeria.

8. Batik

Batik
Description:
Batik depicting a woman holding a basket with a bird on top. Signed "NIKE" on lower right side. Origin Nigeria.

9. Metal anklet

Metal anklet
Date:
1890
Description:
Manilla-type anklet currency consisting of two high relief ridges. Created with puddle mold method of casting. Origin Togo.

10. Currency

Currency
Date:
1890
Description:
Metal coil currency. Origin Igbo people of Nigeria.