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81. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

82. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

83. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with wooden charm attached to a woven vine; vine is attached to central vertical piece with two holes; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

84. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with vine cord attached to two holes in the vertical piece of the object; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

85. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with two holes that would have had a chain or cord through them; wood is stained; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

86. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with a metal chain around it; metal coin with a hole is looped into chain; inscribed upon coin is "GEORGIUS SEXTUS REX ONE CENT"; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

87. Wooden ladle

Wooden ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

88. Straw trivet

Straw trivet
Date:
1960
Description:
Orange and natural colored woven round, flat straw object resembling a trivet; no decoration on bottom; possible origin Uganda (weaving pattern resembles objects from Uganda).

90. Water buffalo

Water buffalo
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Black and brown water buffalo, head turned, origin Uganda.

91. Carved wooden figure

Carved wooden figure
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden figure with tether headdress of wire and a shield, made for tourists, origin Uganda.

92. Tuyere (kiln part)

Tuyere (kiln part)
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
End of a pottery tuyere used in a kiln; a tuyere is a tube through which air or oxygen is blown into a blast furnace, a ceramic blow tube to keep the furnace hot; origin Uganda.

93. Bellows

Bellows
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Bellows used with tuyere and kiln; top skin and stick are missing; origin Uganda.

94. Small wooden pot

Small wooden pot
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Small wooden pot, crudely done; origin Ik people of Uganda.

95. Harp

Harp
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Five string harp with a wooden body, animal skin across top, cord strings; very decorated with geometric pattern wood-burned into body, arm has giraffe-like spots; origin Uganda.

96. Wooden leopard carving

Wooden leopard carving
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden leopard with painted spots, origin Uganda.

98. Decorated wooden container

Decorated wooden container
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Wooden container with lid and two handles; lid has star and heart design, body has two leopards, origin Kenya.

99. Raffia basket

Raffia basket
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Yellow, violet, and natural coiled raffia basket with two handles; tray-shaped, repetitive geometric decorations in natural raffia within violet bands, edge is three rows of tightly woven material with handles on either side, plain underside; origin Uganda.

100. Raffia basket

Raffia basket
Date:
1965 and 1966
Description:
Yellow, violet, and natural coiled raffia basket; repetitive geometric decorations in natural raffia within violet bands, edge is three rows of tightly woven material, plain underside; origin Uganda.