Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
Sort by: Title Description 1. Wooden slit gong Wooden slit gong with two handles carved on each side, one with metal and straw wrapped around it; metal strip and random nails nailed onto one side; origin Rwanda. 2. Wooden drumsticks for use with slit gong Two wooden drum sticks with resin heads for use with slit gongs; origin Rwanda. 3. Decorated wooden container Wooden container with lid; plant design burned into wood, origin Kenya. 4. Decorated wooden container Wooden container with lid and two handles; lid has star and heart design, body has two leopards, origin Kenya. 5. Wooden camel carving Wooden camel with blanket carved on top of hump, origin Uganda. 6. Wooden crocodile carving Black wooden crocodile; origin Uganda. 7. Wooden antelope carving Black wooden antelope; origin Uganda. 8. Wooden hippopotamus carving Brown wooden hippopotamus with open mouth and turned head, origin Uganda. 9. Wooden zebra carving Wooden zebra with painted black stripes, origin Uganda. 10. Wooden giraffe carving Wooden giraffe with painted black spots and head facing backwards; origin Uganda. 11. Wooden lion carving Brown wooden lion with open mouth, origin Uganda. 12. Wooden buffalo carving Black wooden buffalo, origin Uganda. 13. Wooden boar carving Black wooden boar, tail pointed upward and head turned as if ready to charge, origin Uganda. 14. Wooden buffalo carving Black wooden buffalo, origin Uganda. 15. Wooden boar carving Brown wooden boar, origin Uganda. 16. Wooden rhinoceros carving Wooden rhinoceros, origin Uganda. 17. Water buffalo Black and brown water buffalo, head turned, origin Uganda. 18. Wooden leopard carving Wooden leopard with painted spots, origin Uganda. 19. Wooden rhinoceros carving Wooden rhinoceros with a long horn, origin Uganda. 20. Soapstone vase Soapstone vessel in the shape of a small vase with wide mouth and narrow neck, origin West Kenya.
