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Hearst Museum object titled Animal figure, accession number 5-11695, described as Elephant, carved wood, light in color.
Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-16341, described as Ba Luba axe; long paddle-like object; carved wood; human head at top or shaft, paddle at opposite end; paddle and head are blackened
Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 5-16342, described as Shogo or Tsogo axe with carved wooden figure; figure has white inset eyes. blade is mounted through mid-chest of figure, and is decorated at wide end with stamped dot pattern and small serations along bottom edge. wood figure acts as axe handle. Purchased at auction from estate of John T. Coulthard
Hearst Museum object titled Axe handle, accession number 5-14323, described as axe handle (blade missing); figure of kneeling woman in center; old splits; encrusted and black-stained wood; h. 48.5 cm. [Axe handle, with kneeling woman in center. Purchased in Berkeley, 1970, $150. Blade missing. 19” (48.5 cm)]
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-11710, described as Ifa 'bell'; carved wood, shaped like a staff, top portion consists of a kneeling female figure, painted purple; 31 cm long, 4 cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-11714, described as Ifa 'bell'; carved wood, light in color, shaped like a staff, top portion consists of a kneeling male figure; 23 cm long, 3.5 cm wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Bird, accession number 5-10262, described as bird; beaded; from crown; wood frame covered with cloth to which multi-colored beads are attached; L. 11 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Board (decorated), accession number 5-16323, described as wooden board with red & black braided leather covered handle. decorated with Arabic script on both sides, in red and black. decoration may have been done in ink. text and decorations differ on each side
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 5-15514, described as divination bowl. wood, carved, polychrome, with hinged lid, lid has a circle of zoomorphic figures combined with geometric elements, bowl sits on a pedestal of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, cracked in several areas. h. 38 cm. approx., diam. at base 25.2 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 5-14086a,b, described as divination bowl. carved wood. inside of bottom carved with four compartments around center circle. top has carved handle in center, cracked on one side. A-bottom, B-top, both dm. 38 cm., overall ht. 25 cm.

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