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Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4325, described as Charm (Durum Godobo [Tambak] Madzaf) of 4 antelope or goat horns of curved iron joined together by leather thong.

Hearst Museum object titled Core, accession number 5-5599, described as Chert proto-biconical core; L. 7 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 5-1719, described as Lunda" - chief's hat - glass beaded; red, white, and blue; diameter: 7" 17.8cm, height: 5" 12.69cm Worn by the conquering Lunda chiefs in their region (Bayaka, Basonde, Bapende, Bapelende). This one was worn by a late chief of Basonde.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-5999, described as Bronze necklace; circle of anthropomorphic heads with openwork, snake-like hair; hook catch; dia. 29 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Pubic ornament, accession number 5-4236a-c, described as A) Female pubic ornament (madzoad); iron strips bound together in roughly triangular shape with twined bast fiber cordage at apex and bent around wire loop at base; 7 blue glass trade beads on wire loop; length: 15 cm. Made by Mafa smiths; always worn by married women; hung from skwi deba (B) concave side outwards and often with glass beads and other ornaments. B) Hip band (skwi deba); cordage stained with red ochre, and oil from fruit of Khaya senegalensis is wrapped around leather cord; length: ca. 48 cm. Made and worn at all times by women and married women; in disuse by 1964. Skwi deba = "something on the back". C) Leather tie thong with 2 iron strips twisted spirally over it.

Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-3396, described as Wrist knife; ovate; iron blade with red leather sheath; approx. 6.25 inches x 5.25 inches.