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401. Currency

Currency
Date:
1890
Description:
Currency in the form of a heavy hemispherical bangle with beveled edges. Created with puddle mold method of casting. Origin Bambole, Bayele, and Balengo people of the Mbole region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

402. Currency

Currency
Date:
1890
Description:
Currency in the form of a cross. Created with puddle mold method of casting. Origin Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

404. Ostrich egg

Ostrich egg
Date:
1965
Description:
Ostrich egg shell for storing and drinking water; "Happy Easter Josephine" is inscribed along with two hearts, most likely an Easter gift from Colin Turnbull to Joseph Towles during their time studying the Ik people of Uganda.

405. Stirring implement

Stirring implement
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden stirring ladle, very ornate design, dark wood; origin Kenya or Uganda.

406. Leather Vase (Palu Vase)

Leather Vase (Palu Vase)
Date:
1920
Description:
Rectangular object that has been sewn together with a braided strap used for hanging. Origin Liberia.

407. Wooden ladle

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

408. Metal Currency

Metal Currency
Date:
1920
Description:
Three manilla-shaped pieces of metal, two of which are twisted. Origin Liberia.

409. Metal Currency

Metal Currency
Date:
1920
Description:
Two long thin pieces of twisted metal with unique ends. Origin Liberia.

410. Leather Stick

Leather Stick
Date:
1920
Description:
Leather hand-crafted stick with stitching and several sections with hand-woven areas. Origin Liberia.

411. Knife

Knife
Date:
1920
Description:
Small knife, decorated on both sides. Origin Liberia.

412. Knife

Knife
Date:
1970
Description:
Knife with carved wooden handle. Origin Nigeria.

413. Stirring ladle

Stirring ladle
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden stirring ladle, dark wood, roughly done, with split in wood; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

414. Currency

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

415. Doll

Doll
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
Female doll representing a market woman wearing a turquoise gele (headtie), green necklace, and print dress. Made by L. Zena Holcombe in Monrovia, Liberia.

416. Doll

Doll
Date:
1971-1973
Description:
Female doll dressed in a wrap skirt, lace top, shawl, and head wrap with gold jewelry. Made by L. Zena Holcombe in Monrovia, Liberia.

417. Doll

Doll
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
Female doll with a baby on her back, pounding rice with a mortar and pestle. Made by L Zena Holcombe in Monrovia, Liberia.

418. Executioning sword

Executioning sword
Date:
1951
Description:
Executioning sword with metal blade and wooden handle; decorative cord in several colors wraps around handle, pieces of red hair are attached through holes in the handle; origin Bira people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

419. Marimba

Marimba
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
Marimba made of wood and gourds, which act as resonators, tied together with twine and animal hide. Origin Nigeria.

420. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Purple and tan plaid raffia mat with a green border; origin Ituri forest.

421. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Raffia mat with tiger, painted in orange, brown, and green; origin Ituri forest.

422. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Raffia mat with fuschia border and peacock in green, fuschia, yellow, and black; origin Uganda.

423. Cowrie shell necklace

Cowrie shell necklace
Date:
1951
Description:
Cowrie shell necklace, made with brown seeds, green beads, and white shells; main piece in the shape of a triangle with 28 shells; origin Wolof people of Senegal.

424. Stirring implement

Stirring implement
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden stirring ladle, very primitive in design, ladle turns upward; origin Kenya or Uganda.

425. Knife and Sheath

Knife and Sheath
Date:
1920
Description:
Knife contained in a leather sheath. There is a braided strap with a button loop closure and several decorative styles with a fringe at the base. Origin Liberia.

426. Fossilized elephant tooth

Fossilized elephant tooth
Date:
1950
Description:
Fossilized elephant tooth from Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

427. Hunting whistle

Hunting whistle
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden hunting whistle bound with twine; origin Mbuti people of the Ituri rainforest.

428. Carved wooden statuette

Carved wooden statuette
Date:
1900
Description:
Small carved wooden male statuette wearing a straw skirt, beads, and cowrie shell. Origin Togo.

429. Ebony letter opener

Ebony letter opener
Date:
1951
Description:
Ebony paper knife with an elephant carved on the handle, large notch carved just below elephant; origin West Kenya.

430. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

431. Knife

Knife
Date:
1900
Description:
Carved wooden knife. Origin Togo

432. Knife with wooden handle and sheath

Knife with wooden handle and sheath
Date:
1951
Description:
Man's knife with metal blade in a two-sectioned wooden sheath which is wrapped in some areas with metal lacing; wooden carved handle; appears to be carved from the same piece of wood; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

433. Knife with wooden handle

Knife with wooden handle
Date:
1951
Description:
Knife with metal blade and wooden handle; metal strips wrap around upper portion of handle; origin Bira people of the Ituri rainforest.

434. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife with wooden handle and metal, diamond-shaped blade; some type of coating on blade; origin Mbuti people of the Ituri rainforest.

435. Decorated brass anklet

Decorated brass anklet
Date:
1950
Description:
Brass anklet with five cowry shells embedded in clay (one missing) and a design etched on either side; origin Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

436. Hide place mat

Hide place mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Round hide table mat with blue and beige stitching around the edge and four clover/leaf designs in black; origin Uganda.

437. Shawl pin

Shawl pin
Date:
1975
Description:
Metal Tuareg shawl pin with intricate design on face and blank back; origin Mali.

438. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Peacock raffia mat painted green, black, red, pink, and light green with green border; origin Uganda.

439. Straw bag

Straw bag
Date:
1970
Description:
Circular multicolored raffia bag with closure and long strap. Origin Nigeria.

440. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife; metal spiraled around wooden handle; metal blade is machete-shaped; origin Mbo people of the Ituri rainforest.

441. Nuchuba gameboard

Nuchuba gameboard
Date:
1950
Description:
Wooden nuchuba board with four rows of eight large holes; game is played by filling two inside rows of holes with four beans each and successfully moving all beans to the outside rows; origin Tutsi people (Central Africa).

442. Small knife

Small knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Small knife with wooden handle wrapped in a metal strip; hide sheath decorated with a strip of wood wrapped with thick thread; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

443. Knife with sheath

Knife with sheath
Date:
1951
Description:
Decorative knife with metal blade and wooden handle with metal dots at top and base; sheath with a wrist thong made of some sort of hide; metal wire wrapped around tip of sheath; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

444. Circular knife

Circular knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Circular knife, believed to be worn on a wrist; blade edge is covered, ends of cover have copper fittings, interior opening has cover with wire decoration; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

445. Knife with bone handle

Knife with bone handle
Date:
1951
Description:
Knife with bone handle and metal blade; origin Ituri rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

446. Ivory ring

Ivory ring
Date:
1950
Description:
Carved ivory ring; origin Ituri, but also found in northern Uganda.

447. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Straight-handled dark wooden spoon with some variation in color; carving somewhat rough, handle thick; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

448. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Straight-handled dark wooden spoon; circle of irregular nature in bowl; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

449. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon, lighter stain on front of handle, dark stain on bowl and back; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

450. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Ladle-shaped wooden spoon, mixed dark and light wood tones; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

451. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon with dark and light wood tones; possible origin is Dodoth people of Uganda.

452. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Straight-handled dark wooden spoon; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

453. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Straight-handled wooden spoon; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

454. Doll

Doll
Date:
1975-1999
Description:
Doll made with cloth, beads, wire, metal, and leather. Origin Ndebele people of South Africa.

455. Doll

Doll
Date:
1975-1999
Description:
Doll made with cloth, beads, wire, metal, and leather. Origin Ndebele people of South Africa.

456. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Woven raffia mat with repeating pattern, origin Ituri forest; photograph contains a close-up portion of the mat.

457. Bracelet

Bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Braided brown bracelet from Mbo people of Zaire (later, the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

458. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

459. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal bracelet; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

460. Seed necklace

Seed necklace
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
Necklace made with brown seeds. Origin West Africa.

461. Seed necklace

Seed necklace
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
Necklace made with gray seeds. Origin West Africa.

462. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Woven raffia mat with repeating pattern, origin Ituri forest; photograph contains a close-up portion of the mat.

463. Raffia mat

Raffia mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Woven raffia mat with repeating pattern, origin Ituri forest; photograph contains a close-up portion of the mat.

464. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Light brown wooden spoon with straight handle; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

465. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon with straight handle, light wood; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

466. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon with straight handle; dark wood, bowl shows use.

467. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon with straight handle; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

468. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Small wooden spoon with straight handle; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

469. Wooden ladle

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

470. Domestic knife

Domestic knife
Date:
1951
Description:
Women's domestic knife with wooden handle; origin Mbo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

471. Stick whistle

Stick whistle
Date:
1951
Description:
Stick that is cleft on one end with an orange string wrapped around cleft; reed whistle loosely attached to the other end.

472. Neck rest

Neck rest
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden neckrest/headrest with a cord looped around the middle; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

473. Coins (Money)

Coins (Money)
Date:
1937 and 1941
Description:
Six coins, three made of brass and three of nickel. The face side of each brass coin reads "Two cents; 1937" and the face side of each nickel coin reads "Two cents; 1941." Each face side depicts a palm tree, and each obverse reads "Republic of Liberia," depicting an elephant.

474. Wooden ladle

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

475. Wooden ladle

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

476. Rice spoon

Rice spoon
Date:
2008
Description:
Wooden rice spoon with wood burned design. Origin Dabola, Guinea.

477. Rice spoon

Rice spoon
Date:
2008
Description:
Wooden rice spoon with wood burned design. Origin Dabola, Guinea.

478. Elephant hair bracelet with charm

Elephant hair bracelet with charm
Date:
1950
Description:
Elephant hair bracelet; three rings connected in middle by twisted pieces and a square piece made of wood or ivory; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

479. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Metal wire bracelet with four wires connected by two wider twisted wires and with movable circular wires for decoration; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

480. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon decorated with small silver nails; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

481. Elephant hair bracelet

Elephant hair bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Elephant hair bracelet; four rings with two decorative twisted pieces; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people.

482. Metal bracelet

Metal bracelet
Date:
1950
Description:
Solid metal ring visibly fused together at a point; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbo people; Circumference.

483. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Roughly done, straight handled wooden spoon; end of handle carved but not smooth; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

484. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon with straight handle; handle has decorative shape; wood is light; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

485. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden spoon, roughly done, some variation in wood stain; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

486. Iron currency

Iron currency
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
64 pieces of iron currency with shaped ends; origin West Africa.

487. Whistle

Whistle
Date:
1951
Description:
Whistle made of wood with a metal ring on one end and wax or gum stuck to the outside of the wood; appears to be in the shape of an animal on one end.

488. Straw and leather hat

Straw and leather hat
Date:
1970
Description:
Leather hat with tightly woven straw in black and natural colors. Origin Fulani people [Fula, Fulbe] of Nigeria.

489. Hide place mat

Hide place mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Round hide table mat with blue and beige stitching around the edge and four clover/leaf designs in black; origin Uganda.

490. Hide place mat

Hide place mat
Date:
1951
Description:
Round hide table mat with blue and beige stitching around the edge and four clover/leaf designs in black; origin Uganda.

491. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Ladle-shaped wooden spoon with straight handle; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

492. Wooden spoon

Wooden spoon
Date:
1951
Description:
Ladle-shaped light wooden spoon; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

493. Doll

Doll
Date:
1971-1982
Description:
Carved wooden doll with a circular torso and no arms or legs, wrapped in blue cloth and raffia. Origin Liberia.

494. Wooden ladle

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

495. Wooden ladle

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

496. 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.

497. 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.

498. 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.

499. 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.

500. Wood-burned art

Wood-burned art
Date:
2008
Description:
Pyrographic image of a woman carrying a basket of fruit and a child. Reads "Mama Salone," an affectionate term sometimes used in place of "Sierra Leone." Origin Freetown.