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1. Metal ashtray

Metal ashtray
Description:
Metal ashtray in the shape of a goblet; gold leaf design stenciled around the upper edge; origin North Africa.

2. Brass bowl

Brass bowl
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass bowl with intricate design engraved around sides; origin Morocco.

3. Brass bowl

Brass bowl
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Round brass bowl with design engraved around sides.

4. Copper bowl

Copper bowl
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper bowl with Acanthus leaf motif; on a stem with stamp on bottom: 1891800; origin Morocco.

5. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Bracelet with incised geometric patterns and flanged ends. Origin Tuareg people of north central Africa.

6. Brass tray

Brass tray
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Brass tray, design engraved on top; origin Morocco.

7. Brass teapot with tray

Brass teapot with tray
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Brass teapot with handle; design engraved on lid and around belly of pot; rectangular base with four feet and carved designs; with brass tray that has engraved design; origin Morocco.

8. Brass Kettle

Brass Kettle
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Brass kettle with handle, damaged base; mark on base: "Marque de Pose"; origin Morocco.

9. Brass bucket

Brass bucket
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Brass pail with handles on each side; origin Berber people of Morocco.

10. Brass object

Brass object
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Round piece of metal, probably brass, thought to be part of a brass kettle; origin Morocco.

11. Copper bucket

Copper bucket
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper pail with handle and geometric design engraved around top; origin Morocco.

12. Wooden bust

Wooden bust
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Polished wooden head of a woman with turban-type head cover, dark stain, wood may be mahogany, origin North Africa.

13. Charm

Charm
Date:
1951
Description:
Circular charm with a thin piece of metal soddered to the back to be worn as a charm on a necklace; six-pointed star with a hole in the middle engraved on front; shaped like a gong with a loose part inside that makes noise; back is plain; origin Tuareg or Berber people.

14. Copper kettle

Copper kettle
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper kettle with brass parts on lid and handle; origin Morocco.

15. Dagger

Dagger
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Dagger with metal blade and wood handle that is decorated on the end in decorated metal sheath that has two rings with a red and blue rope attached to the rings; sheath turns up at the end; origin Morocco.

16. Soap dish

Soap dish
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Circular brass soap dish that accompanies a brass bucket (1989.001.076) and has a design engraved on it; several holes on the tray and a raised bowl without decoration; origin Berber people of Morocco.

17. Pottery fragment

Pottery fragment
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
Fragment of a pottery bowl, origin Egypt.

18. Kettle

Kettle
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Copper and brass kettle with intricately engraved design on lid, top, and sides; knob of lid, ornate handle, and spout brass; origin Morocco.

19. Wooden object

Wooden object
Date:
1975 and 1985
Description:
Small wooden object, intricately done with a loose wooden ring; origin Morocco.

20. [The Reader]

[The Reader]
Date:
1900 and 1929
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of a Jewish man from North Africa. The caption on the back of the photograph reads: "There are many Orthodox Jews in North Africa, descendants of ancestors who have probably lived there since Emperor Hadrian banished the Jews from Rome."

21. Rock

Rock
Date:
1951
Description:
Rock from the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

22. Slave shackles

Slave shackles
Date:
1951
Description:
Slave shackles, most likely wrist or ankle, with original key; one circular ring, four oval links.

23. Sistrum

Sistrum
Date:
1951 and 1989
Description:
A sistrum, rattle-like musical instrument that was sacred in ancient Egypt; rectangular metal object that has pointed forged end; 15 holes with 15 metal rings line the edges; origin Egypt.