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Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

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.

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

Wooden neckrest/headrest with a cord looped around the middle; origin Dodoth people of Uganda.

Fetish figure

Well-carved small human fetish figure of a female; unusual triangular headpiece extends suspended above the head.

Zither

Unstrung zither made by the Nyamwezi (Wanyamwezi) people of Tanzania.

Fetish figure

Small wooden fetish figure; origin West Africa.

Wooden neckrest/headrest with vine cord attached to two holes in the vertical piece of the object; origin Turkana people of Kenya.

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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.

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Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

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Carved wooden elephant with ivory tusks. Origin Togo.

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Wooden bowl

Carved wooden bowl with depictions of flora and fauna. Origin eastern Africa.

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Knife

Carved wooden knife. Origin Togo

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Wooden ladle

Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

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Wooden ladle

Unused wooden ladle, origin Uganda.

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Ivory buttons

Four bullet-shaped wooden buttons with carved faces; four holes in each to attach to garment; origin Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire).

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Candle holder

Wood carving that was used as a candle-holder; birds and crocodiles carved around the stand; remnants of the candle remain; origin south Kenya.

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Wooden female figure

Stylized female figure holding a pot on her head, supported on her knees; carved of one piece of wood; origin Uganda.

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