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2. Container

Museum number:: 5-797
Culture or time period:: Maasai people
Object class:: Containers (receptacles)
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Collector:: University of California African Expedition
Collection place:: Mushuru, Kajiado, Kenya
Collection date:: April 1948

3. Cushion

Museum number:: 5-16868
Culture or time period:: Gurage
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: height 10 centimeters, width 36.5 centimeters, and length 69 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia

4. Cushion

Museum number:: 5-16812
Culture or time period:: Gurage
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: length 76 centimeters and width 25 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia

5. Cushion

Museum number:: 5-16813
Culture or time period:: Fuge and Gurage
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: length 71 centimeters and width 26 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Shewa province (historical region), Ethiopia

6. Horn cup

Museum number:: 5-5982
Culture or time period:: Maasai people
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:: length outside curve— length 68 centimeters, Mouth— width 11.5 centimeters, and Mouth— height 9.5 centimeters
Collector:: Arthur Storhaugh
Collection place:: Kenya

7. Necklace

Museum number:: 5-6075
Culture or time period:: Maasai people
Object class:: Necklaces
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: diameter 20 centimeters
Collector:: Ronald J. Clarke
Collection place:: Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Collection date:: 1965

8. Shield

Museum number:: 5-16815
Culture or time period:: Gurage
Object class:: Shields (armor)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: diameter 65 centimeters and height 24 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Shewa province (historical region), Ethiopia

9. Snuffbox

Museum number:: 5-10218
Culture or time period:: Luvale and Lwena
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:: height 5.7 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Livingstone, Zambia
Collection date:: 1962

10. Snuff container

Museum number:: 5-13283
Culture or time period:: Maasai people
Function:: 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:: a— height 6.3 centimeters and b— diameter 4.2 centimeters
Collection place:: Kenya
Collection date:: unknown

11. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 5-16869
Culture or time period:: Gurage
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: height 32 centimeters and diameter 30 centimeters
Collector:: Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Collection place:: Ethiopia