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41. Water pitcher

Water pitcher
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
From Colin Turnbull's personal belongings; Brass water pitcher with ornate snake handle; main body of pitcher decorated with animals, trees, and a shrine; spout has bird and leaf motif.

42. Chinese wall hanging

Chinese wall hanging
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Chinese watercolor wall hanging of a tiger climbing rocks.

43. Wooden fork

Wooden fork
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Wooden fork, dark wood; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

44. 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.

45. Ivory head

Ivory head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory head used in Pende boys' initiation; two holes in each to attach to a string; they were worn as arm decorations; dark ivory head.

46. Ivory head

Ivory head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory head used in Pende boys' initiation; two holes in each to attach to a string; they were worn as arm decorations.

47. Ivory head

Ivory head
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Ivory head used in Pende boys' initiation; two holes in each to attach to a string; they were worn as arm decorations.

48. 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.

49. Hunting spear

Hunting spear
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Elephant hunting spear with wooden handle, metal blade, and cord wrapped around the handle attaching the blade; thought to be made by villagers and used by the Mbuti of the Ituri forest.

50. Coiled beaded basket

Coiled beaded basket
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Coiled basked with lid; has beaded cover of blue, yellow, green, red, and white beads in diamond designs, beaded knob on top, tightly woven; resembles sweetgrass baskets of the South Carolina lowcountry; origin Luo people of Kenya.