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1. Adze

Museum number:: 5-13400
Culture or time period:: Rendille
Object class:: Adzes
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:: Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Collection date:: Summer 1977

2. Axe

Museum number:: 5-1815
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Axes (tools)
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

3. Board

Museum number:: 5-1878
Culture or time period:: Fang
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

4. Bowl and cover

Museum number:: 5-7637a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: width 30 centimeters and height 26 centimeters
Collector:: LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: ca. 1967

5. Drum

Museum number:: 5-7633
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 48 centimeters and diameter 24 centimeters
Collector:: LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: ca. 1967

6. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2602
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 28.893 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

7. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2603
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 30.48 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

8. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-888
Culture or time period:: Kuanyama Ambo
Object class:: Figurines
Collector:: Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection place:: Namibia
Collection date:: Spring 1948

9. Knife

Museum number:: 5-1915
Culture or time period:: Fang
Function:: 1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

10. Mug

Museum number:: 5-849
Culture or time period:: Kuanyama Ambo
Object class:: Mugs (cups)
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Collector:: Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection place:: Namibia
Collection date:: Spring 1948